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How Academics Are Pushing Back on the For-Profit Academic Publishing Industry (observatory.wiki)
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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How Academics Are Pushing Back on the Academic Publishing *Mafia.

Cartel?

Just don't call it a business, that makes it seem way less shady than it is.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I think Cartel and Mafia both have their merits when talking about the for-profit publishing industry.

I would call them “leeches”. I see them like landlords. Charging you money for something basically no labour has to be done to support.

It’s reentierism.