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 3 weeks ago
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
isn’t “the truth hurts” one of the first things academics have to come to terms with?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, that’s “the microscope adds 700 pounds” 😛
ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 3 weeks ago
Elsevier is a company that unashamedly turns grants straight into profits.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
If Elsevier is the cable TV in this metaphor, what is the closest equivalent to early-Netflix?
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
See the hottest papers this month with our pay per view plans, exclusively on OnlyScience by Elsevier!
micnd90@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
I’m more of an EGU Copernicus guy
gex@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why be a Youtuber or a Tiktoker when you can be an Elsevierer
morrowind@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Content creators on places like youtube earn between 55%-75% of the revenue. Academics get nothing from elsevier.