The part of your argument that I think is key is that “handling editors are are working for their discipline, not the publishing company that owns the journal”. I feel like this is somehow overlooked in many of the arguments I see online for boycotting certain journals. So I completely agree that your other solutions are more constructive than boycotting review which, as you note, primarily causes problems for the editor who is on our side (scientists) regardless of what journal they’re associated with.
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