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Re:EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:41PM (#35847713)
They have network effects.

Charging for network effects is rent seeking.

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Re:EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees by refurb on Sunday May 07, 2023 @12:53AM (#35848056)
Network effects are dominant due to reach. Open access journals have even more reach than the paywall journals.

So it's not that.

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