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minus-squaremidimalist@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-223 days agoIf Elsevier and the other major academic publishers are the cables in this metaphor, what is the closest equivalent to early-Netflix?
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoI’d say arXiv would be piracy in the analogy; free, convinient and supported by contributors. Early netflix would be like researchgate; for profit trash scam site.
If Elsevier and the other major academic publishers are the cables in this metaphor, what is the closest equivalent to early-Netflix?
ArXiv?
I’d say arXiv would be piracy in the analogy; free, convinient and supported by contributors. Early netflix would be like researchgate; for profit trash scam site.