We don’t pay for shit. Universities and taxpayers do.
It will be interesting to see what cutting university funding does to publishers who may realize that half their “customers” can’t afford their services and have to turn to (quote/unquote) piracy. On the one hand I’m optimistic of a price adjustment. On the otherhand, a nagging suspicion that nothing good can come from the sudden lack of access to research creeps upon me.
We don’t pay for shit. Universities and taxpayers do.
It will be interesting to see what cutting university funding does to publishers who may realize that half their “customers” can’t afford their services and have to turn to (quote/unquote) piracy. On the one hand I’m optimistic of a price adjustment. On the otherhand, a nagging suspicion that nothing good can come from the sudden lack of access to research creeps upon me.