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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

"zomg russian cyber criminals are using free books to fund their lavish lifestyles!!!!!!1!1!!!!1! you should go support ~~corporate rent seeking publishers~~ 'creators' by paying thousands for basic knowledge!!!11"

this shit sounds like it was written by a middle schooler making a history presentation. it's hilarious

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 110 points 17 hours ago

Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?

Let's see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

[-] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Those fucks forcing money into their pockets from science are the absolute dregs of society. I actually respect angel investors more since maybe they made a good decision with their money (that feels gross to just type, even!). The fact that a select few companies are able to make science pay to win is absolutely sickening.

This is coming from someone that never even graduated college, let alone spending time in academia.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

FBI be like:

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 17 hours ago

There's a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore ... wrong!!!111

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 15 hours ago

Let's see Paul Allen's lifestyle.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

It even has a watermark.

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