What the community needs is not a ban on PDFs, but a modern, open-access model. Imagine: older issues (10+ years) freely available as high-quality PDFs, forming a historical commons. Recent issues available for a modest digital subscription that gives access to a searchable, interactive platform with video solutions. This would honor the past while funding the future.
The "Gazeta Matematica PDF" is not inherently good or evil; it is a tool. A scalpel can save a life or cause harm, depending on the hand that wields it. Gazeta Matematica Pdf
Typing those three words into a search engine leads you down two very different paths. What the community needs is not a ban
The second path—the one most students take—leads to shadow libraries, Google Drive links, and file-sharing forums. Here, complete collections from 1950 to 2020 are available for free. For a student with no money, this is salvation. For the journal, it is a slow hemorrhage. This would honor the past while funding the future