[Ensorceled]

Politely asking people to stop supporting industries that hurt society is one of the ways we make society better; he asked, not told.

Ironically you are doing the exact same thing, politely asking them to stop doing something you don't like.

[civilian]

Maybe it would've been more constructive to link to the sci-hub copy of the paper, rather than complaining?

[Ensorceled]

Asking somebody to stop supporting terrible institutions isn't complaining. Maybe you could help them find the link instead of complaining that they didn't?