[Vinnl]

> As far as I can see, the only things they now provide that hasn't been replicated as a 'free service' is

...providing a brand name that signifies whether someone's work is considered good enough. (It's debatable whether it's a good measure of being good enough, but it is the measure that is accepted.) That's the main reason why researchers keep publishing in the same old journals - even if alternative journals exist providing exactly the same services.