@jfruh I think your problem is "academics being smart people." Not being snarky - the assumption that "being in academia" translates to "makes wise decisions with their long-term interests in mind" is a leap!
Or, put another way, academics are subject to market pressures just as much as non-academics, and if doing something will hurt them in the short term they will probably not do it.
By deepomega on Now I Get It: Academic Publishing Is an Extortion Racket
@jfruh I think your problem is "academics being smart people." Not being snarky - the assumption that "being in academia" translates to "makes wise decisions with their long-term interests in mind" is a leap! Or, put another way, academics are subject to market pressures just as much as non-academics, and if doing something will hurt them in the short term they will probably not do it.