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> They do no work, take all the profit, and obstruct research and the spread of knowledge. Those are some of the worst scums of capitalism. Amen. Pure rent see
by archermarks 3y ago
> They do no work, take all the profit, and obstruct research and the spread of knowledge. Those are some of the worst scums of capitalism.
Amen. Pure rent seeking parasites.
- refurb 3y agoThis is a terrible take. Journals without fees (or lower fees) are available. Why don’t researchers publish in those? Presumably because the journals that charge high fees offer something the lower cost ones don’t.
- Dylan16807 3y agoThey have network effects. Charging for network effects is rent seeking.
- refurb 3y agoNetwork effects are dominant due to reach. Open access journals have even more reach than the paywall journals. So it's not that.