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$30? March 3, 2023 8:00 pm podrock

So, I find an article that references a paper in a journal, a famous publication, and gosh I’d love to read it. I click, and there’s the abstract, the tease, but to read the actual article?

Thirty fucking dollars.

Really? Look, I wouldn’t mind having some sort of online payment system where I could pay a buck or two to read a paper as opposed to a stupid subscription. I don’t want a subscription. I just want this one thing.

I can order a print copy for 15 dollars. Really? For like a dozen pages of print?

Have you seen what textbooks go for these days? I looked. A typical intro geology book can be nearly $200.

That’s insane.

Edit: Maybe I just go to a bookstore or the library and read it there?

  • The Law of Supply and fucking Demand. by ER 2023-03-03 20:21:13
    • "They" did it by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-04 00:48:23
      • Whatever the market will bear. by podrock 2023-03-03 20:47:07
        • You are the market by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-04 23:12:59
          • The market by podrock 2023-03-05 05:02:15
            • Apples and Oranges by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-05 10:53:10
              • No, they are not. by podrock 2023-03-05 15:11:39
              • What makes the difference by ER 2023-03-05 05:59:35
                • Again by BuckGalaxy 2023-03-05 11:00:02
                  • Pod got it right the first time. Its a racket. by ER 2023-03-05 13:53:07

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