Springer might gain more from helping open collaborations than more “publish and forget” journals

I know you are happy to better serve members of the Springer groups, but you might be slightly ahead of others encouraging global community sharing and collaboration.  So keep in mind the broader needs of countries and humans who cannot afford your services, or are not able to pay for collaborative site services – directly or indirectly.  Yet are likely going to be producing some of the most innovative solutions in many fields. All your topics and topic groups are much larger on the Internet and in the real world.

You might gain more by service to the global needs for fair and open collaboration, than from current “publish and forget” “journal” methods.