It just seems like a nonprofit supported by participating universities might be better than charging authors. If Universities were paying $250k&#x2F;yr for a subscription the old way why cant they pay $100k&#x2F;yr to be a member of the nonprofit open-access version?<p>Or, some kind of hybrid system where its free to non-affiliated readers but universities are expected to pay subscription on honor system and at fair price rather than Elsevier pricing.