It&#x27;s not the for profit part that&#x27;s the problem.  It&#x27;s the closed access part that is.  Afaik, AAAS and ACS run science and all the chemistry journals respectively and they&#x27;re both nonprofits with frustrating paywalls.<p>conversely if a for profit could effectively monetize a 100% open access journal, it would be totally fine.