Right, it's not the actual evaluation part that's the publisher's value (as in: they do provide value there, but others can do that just as well), but in the brand name that acts as the credential, i.e. its the recognition that publishing in a certain journal gets you that leads to the high prices.

> Imagine HN where you are only allowed to publish your own content and random users would be selected to evaluate your work.

We should try this!

it's called "the internet"...

So like submitting a pull request and having my peers evaluate it?

Sort of, but there's the additional constraint that the repo only accepts a limited number of PRS per month