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The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do - Get rid of for-profit scientific publishers. (open.substack.com)
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Of all the crazy parts of our crazy system, the craziest part is where taxpayers pay for the research, then pay private companies to publish it, and then pay again so scientists can read it. We may not agree on much, but we can all agree on this: it is time, finally and forever, to get rid of for-profit scientific publishers.

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[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 20 points 8 hours ago

I think this is already done in most part of computer science. In my field, Springer has very little shares left, and is actively being replaced by ACM and Schloss Dagstuhl, which are not only both non-profit but all open access.