What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe

peter.suber's bookmarks 2025-02-14

Summary:

"That said, between the risks of an exodus of key personnel, understaffing, or goodness-knows-what vandalism when a goon squad arrives at NIH, it’s not paranoid any more to think ahead to the once-unthinkable. What would PubMed enshittification look like? Could PubMed go down more often, and for longer? Might services no longer be free? How else could the quality and reliability of its services be degraded?..."

Link:

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/what-if-we-cant-rely-on-pubmed/

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Date tagged:

02/14/2025, 10:22

Date published:

02/14/2025, 05:22