As a philosopher who is into epistemology and ontology, I find this to be as abhorrent as religion.
'Science' doesn't matter who publishes it. Science needs to be replicated.
The psychology replication crisis is a prime example of why peer reviews and publishing in a journal matters 0.
...Or should I say "were" very important? With the help of today's GenAI every low effort stuff can look high effort without much extra effort.