cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/833521
Archived version: https://archive.ph/DC7WR
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230729221643/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/feds-home-in-on-ticketmaster-antitrust-case-00108771
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/833521
Archived version: https://archive.ph/DC7WR
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230729221643/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/feds-home-in-on-ticketmaster-antitrust-case-00108771
In other words, everyone, including your favorite bands, likes things the way they are. Things will not change unless the fans take a stand, which means things will never change.
That’s not true.
Many bands have been very vocal about how much they dislike ticketmaster. Some have gone to great lengths to avoid ticketmaster or attempt to circumvent many of ticketmaster’s practices.
Ticketmaster isn’t about keeping you from hating your band, ticketmaster charges fees to be an extra parasite in the industry and encourage scalping on their websites to charge fees multiple times for the same ticket.