[pessimizer]

> The reason is because arxiv is growing significantly leading to 297,000 deficit in operating costs for 2025 alone.

Dollars? So 300 people's cable bill? That's basically nothing. They're spending too much, and it's still nothing, and the solution is going to be to privatize it and eventually loot it.

You can't hand out a collection plate and get $300K for Arxiv? Your local neighborhood church can. Civilization is obviously collapsing.