The academic publishing grift is based on the same "IP" as proprietary software.
Grift recognize grift.
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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You gonna pay rent on their science peasants!
Or fuck u
Dammit, there goes my degree.
Better fire all degree-holders right now.
Lmao generalise that attitude and trust me you throw away half of the papers out there.
For real. Academics are some of the most prolific pirates I’ve ever met. Usually out of necessity because we don’t pay them reasonably or value their work.
And when there is money it's often earmarked in ways that severely restrict its use for, e.g., paying for software