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Ask HN: What are the benefits of publishers like Elsevier?

On various thread there is a lot of criticism on publishers like Elsevier about how they add no value at all. I'd like to also hear about the good things to form a more nuanced opinion. Surely there must be things that these publishers do that provides some value? Maybe in the sense of providing funds for research or support in another form?

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Re:Gitlab's Journey from Azure to GCP on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:59AM (#19818473)
Aren't the second and fourth just terms they themselves used to describe themselves/ their goals?
For those you might need to define and defend your stance a bit more carefully. but is that really unfair?