So Elsevier has evolved from gatekeeping science to sabotaging science. Sounds like something an unaligned AGI would do.
Was the unaligned AGI capitalism all along?
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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i've noticed that at least one elsevier journals dropped article fees ($2k ballpark) as long as article was submitted before end of last year. what could have been the catch, i wonder, hmm
the only thing i don't understand is: why this soon, somebody clearly fed wisdom woodchipper with a deadline and had deals with all major publishers
maybe it was in preparation for spicy autocomplete as chief editor
I found a trace of this here https://journalpublishingguide.vu.nl/WebQuery/vubrowser/3394 internet archive doesn't work on this journal page