I mean he’s right, but to hear it put so frankly is still a slap in the face.
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bazus1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
isn’t “the truth hurts” one of the first things academics have to come to terms with?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah, that’s “the microscope adds 700 pounds” 😛
ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 2 months ago
Elsevier is a company that unashamedly turns grants straight into profits.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 months ago
I’m usually against large institutions colluding together to kill off other institutions…
…but if the major research universities and labs all agreed to stop publishing in backwards for-profit journals, well I wouldn’t exactly cry about it.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
if academic publishing doesn’t drastically change their bullshit busted ass business model, they’re giong to go the way of cable tv and lose all their buyers to OER. and i’m here for it. fuck elsevier and all the rest of them
midimalist@lemdro.id 2 months ago
If Elsevier is the cable TV in this metaphor, what is the closest equivalent to early-Netflix?
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Cory Doctorow wrote a great article about academic publishing a few days ago: pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the-public-sphere/#not…
Things are looking up!
haerrii@feddit.org 2 months ago
See the hottest papers this month with our pay per view plans, exclusively on OnlyScience by Elsevier!
micnd90@hexbear.net 2 months ago
I’m more of an EGU Copernicus guy
gex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why be a Youtuber or a Tiktoker when you can be an Elsevierer
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Content creators on places like youtube earn between 55%-75% of the revenue. Academics get nothing from elsevier.