Scientists do the work, publishers charge $40 per PDF — will AI break the paywall model?
VraserX · x · 2026-10-19
A sharp take on academic publishing: scientists do, review, and fund the research, yet publishers lock PDFs behind $40 paywalls while acting like science depends on them. "If AI helps destroy this business model, I'll personally throw a party."
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