[mottiden]

I understand their reasoning, but it’s terrible for the CS community not being able to access pre-prints. I hope that a solution can be found.

[sfpotter]

Please, read the title and the article carefully. That isn't what's happening.

[swiftcoder]

It doesn't apply CS papers in general - only opinion pieces and surveys of existing papers. i.e. it only bans preprints for papers that contribute nothing new.