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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If Elsevier and the other major academic publishers are the cables in this metaphor, what is the closest equivalent to early-Netflix?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ArXiv?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'd say arXiv would be piracy in the analogy; free, convinient and supported by contributors. Early netflix would be like researchgate; for profit trash scam site.