@greenshrink "And some (editors) are being paid large sums of money" I'd like to know who that is. Editors at the Bigs (i.e. Elsevier) don't do review anyway. The review chain is usually volunteer afaik. I've been offered money to ghostwrite but never to review.
"Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science