[pksebben]

bigger issues, perhaps, but it's not either-or, and the issues are connected.

the monopoly on publishing centralizes control over information, which allows publishers to set the terms (publish or perish, publishing focus)

the political and funding landscape are then shaped by an entity that now has a structurally adversarial relationship to the academics that form it's value base, as it's interests are only served by keeping that community subordinate.