They publish because they need external validation so people are willing to pay for it and they can retain top researchers. It’s not a gift to Nature or its rea

They publish because they need external validation so people are willing to pay for it and they can retain top researchers. It’s not a gift to Nature or its readers, it’s pure self interest. Giving Google special rules flies in the face of the scientific process. Nature needs to have one, consistent set of rules, as their stamp of approval is what Google wants and they got it without giving up anything in return. This is a shameful perversion of the peer review process and the paper should be retracted.