It's just another version of "we'll collapse if we have to pay our workers a fair wage" These are billion-dollar companies. Why should we all pay to keep them afloat?
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This, from Tim Vines, I think gets to the heart of the issue Currently, this cost is paid by academics who receive little/nothing of value in return Why in the world is that acceptable?pic.twitter.com/irdFDgycUd
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I completely reject the premise put forward by publishers that the current system is free. It is obviously not, it is merely that the $1,000s cost is shifted from publishers to scientists
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