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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Like I said I was expecting some sort of borderline legal scam. It's just that the meme only mentions that you have to pay them which in itself is not a scam.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The meme leaves out the very important detail that most of the researchers working "for free" in the first panel are definitely getting paid, and usually by public funding (public universities and/or grants from taxpayer-funded institutions like NIH, NSF, etc.). That's a big part of what makes it a scam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Extorting you out of your money via unfair prices by misusing your power is borderline legal. There are consumer protections against this kind of stuff.