'Open access' currently translates to 'pay the publisher $5000 upfront'. I think they're making even more money with this scheme than the previous pay-to-read o

'Open access' currently translates to 'pay the publisher $5000 upfront'. I think they're making even more money with this scheme than the previous pay-to-read one. Keep in mind that most papers are never cited, and who's going to pay to read an old and never cited paper? So, I feel like open access is not a significant improvement, really. It allows laypeople to access papers, but how much of that is really useful?