Not sure how connected this is to sci-hub and the academic momentum against journals and Elsevier in particular. But as a rough guess, Elseviers parent company

Not sure how connected this is to sci-hub and the academic momentum against journals and Elsevier in particular. But as a rough guess, Elseviers parent company had 1.7 billion USD net profit in 2021 [1]. In theory, that money should now start going to universities/research and partially passed along as savings to students.. [1] https://www.relx.com/investors/key-financial-data https://www.relx.com/investors/key-financial-data