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by throwthere 1386 days ago
Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 .

oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).

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It has now been re-submitted with the nature.com link

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32643396

Comments moved thither. Thanks!
Sounds like a good reason to perhaps literally ban links to oa.mg on HN?
Lol, is that even legal?
Yeah, unfortunately.

Repackaging and selling free stuff is a business model that is hundreds of years old.

Occasionally, it's worth it, as the repackaging may come with some help understanding the material, or help in organizing it.

I had the same reaction when I saw this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=sgfgross

Well, water is free, and yet it's sold in bottles.

And I can sell you any GPL program I got for free, if you're willing to buy it...