I'm pro publication, they add a sense of structure and community here (the little guys imho) but I agree it shouldn't be such a free for all, editors should have some compensation (and if I'm not mistaken the pubs with the Boosted feature will be getting some compensation or that's what I've heard). The big pubs feel very stale and out of touch with most writers here. I have never even tried to publish with them. I do not have the patience to wait a month for a rejection lol. And you are right they just republish the same big dogs with their same recycled ideas over and over again.