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Re: ArXiv Grows Up, Adopts Subscription-like Model

William Park writes

> -Would the end-user and the industry not be better off 
> consolidating access and discovery onto a single, industry 
> platform?

No, that would stifle competition (bad for users) and whoever 
runs the platform has a terrific rent-seeking opportunity (bad 
for the industry).

But it would be beneficial for the industry to give away metadata 
about the contents so that a bunch of different platforms could 
be built to advertize the contents.

Cheers,

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