[pjerem]

No, I disagree on the fact that they are « publishers » at all. Reviewers, for sure, and they still get paid for that.

But being a publisher means being an intermediate between the author and the reader, which they are not since when I buy the right to read a publication, 0% of my money goes to author.

And even, I could be ok to pay them to compensate access fees (lol !) but I prefer using their concurrent (Sci-Hub)

I call this a mafia. The fact it is legal don’t change my view on it.