[dandanua]

It's not actually hard, but I agree with the point. BTW, they also charge authors ridiculous amount of money for additional services, e.g. printing colored images.

In a far (and optimistic) future such companies will be studied as examples of social parasites in schools and universities.

[LastTrain]

It already is studied and there is even a term for it: rent seeking.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking

[geysersam]

Printing colored images! What does a single issue of their printed editions cost? Hundreds of dollars? The color printing cost is a rounding error.

[qup]

I think the universities themselves will be studied as social parasites, too.

[vsuperpower2020]

I think they'll be studied as universal basic income. There's so many college graduates with no skills who basically unemployable, but are still collecting a decent salary to teach things that no one wants to pay for in the first place. Our economy can evidently support a lot of people who aren't working.

[giancarlostoro]

Starting with Oracle I am sure.