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Can someone explain to me, why the "Basic" version of the ACM DL only gives me a link to a crappy "eReader" but the pro version includes link to the PDF? Did they build "eReader" just to frustrate users? Greasemonkey script to the rescue... but why?

16/1/26, 12:16 am1 repost6 likes

J. Ryan Stinnett

@jryans.bsky.social

17 Jan

They must have had a meeting to work out how to continue annoying people while still technically offering open access… 😓 ACM makes some bizarre choices.

J. Ryan Stinnett

@jryans.bsky.social

17 Jan

I also noticed recently that the new “interstitial“ pages they stamp on front of the paper have an author limit…! If there are more than 5 authors, the extra names are just dropped on the floor with a small ”show all” link as your only clue. 🤪

Lachlan Kermode

@ohrg.org

16 Jan

Seems a chaotic design decision, I agree. @tonofcrates.bsky.social has a great post about how generally chaotic the e-reading ecosystem is: willcrichton.net/notes/portab...

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