Comment by TeMPOraL

Which is irrelevant if you're truly trying to "pay it forward".

That is the core of my observation: people claim to publish to benefit society, but push come to shove, they care more about getting credit and having oversight over who is benefiting, to the point of refusing to publish further (and sometimes unpublishing things) if that credit/control isn't given.

The problem isn't in wanting these things - it's in not being up-front about it.