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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It’s crazy how entitled we all feel to free information and news nowadays. 30 years ago you would never expect a newspaper for free but now it wouldn’t even occur to me to pay for news. Then we all wonder why the news sites all only deal in crappy click bait.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think academia is entirely different from news. This is research often funded with public money where the article fees aren't going to the author. Seems a lot more reasonable to demand that the public should be able to read it for free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

And in some cases, the author also paid the publisher, so they're dipping into things from either end.

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