The Elsevier reply is infuriating. The system is broken.

https://nitter.space/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049485871699931...

That’s not a reply, it’s sarcasm by the same poster pretending to speak for the publisher as a joke.

What part of the reply is not factually correct? (premium gold+ open access article for $50000?)

Some people look best in the warm glow of their own pyre.

Um......