• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    OK I’ve heard often here on Lemmy that Springer is really bad and we should avoid Politico, but I wasn’t quite sure I believed he is as bad as they claimed…

    But obviously he is. ☹️ 😡
    I guess I have to thank him for making it crystal clear.

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      5 days ago

      One important thing here: Springer and Axel Springer are two different publishers. Springer is a publisher for scientific books and has nothing to do with Axel Springer, which is the publisher behind problematic newspapers like Bild, Welt or Politico.

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          I’m not exactly sure but at least their logo just says Springer. Just wanted to point that out for people who might not know, because I was once confused about if they have anything to do with each other.

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            Sure that would be possible, I just thought that Springer is a relatively common name.
            Apparently it has changed name at some point, so now it’s called Springer Science+Business Media, with companies just called Springer.

            I used a few books from Springer-Verlag back in the 90’s, despite it’s harder for me to read German than English, they had a few books that were absolutely stellar.
            It would be very sad if those were related to Axel Springer.