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US Justice Department to Seek Breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster
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Is it really? Or do you just not like attending live events?
I've been to so many shows I can't even imagine letting a shitty corporation stand in the way of something I enjoy so much.
I’ve moped out of buying tickets for bands I’ve really wanted to see because of Ticketmaster’s fees and bullshit on their website.
FWIW, for most concert venues, you can show up in-person, buy them from a physical ticketing kiosk, and avoid paying any fees. The physical kiosks often have inconvenient hours and locations, but it's an option. In many cases, even buying tickets same-day for smaller venues is less expensive than paying for all of the fees.
Unless that show was "completely sold out" before the physical ticket office opened for business.
Shit, sorry I asked. Not sure how in the world that was offensive to y'all
You basically accused someone who was willing to sacrifice their love of concerts to stand against an abusive monopoly by withdrawing from the market entirely of not actually caring about concerts and just posting a lie for internet attention.
And, in the same breath, you admitted to being one of the ones who sucks it up and enables Ticketmaster to continue following their abusive business model. Not that you're a bad person for this, it's just frustrating because it means the boycott is in vain, at least to some degree.
And personally, I'm tired of people responding to reasonably plausible comments as if they are unbelievable. Even if they are lying, do you expect an admission.
While your comment wasn't particularly aggressive about any of those above points, it is about something that a bunch of people feel strongly about, so they might have a lower threshold to get upset about it.
And finally, Lemmy's population contains many who are here because they did take that step and cut out Reddit when they decided Reddit was becoming bad enough that they didn't want to support it. And Reddit isn't anywhere close to as bad as Ticketmaster, though tbf visiting Reddit isn't anywhere close to as enjoyable as a concert so it was an easier sacrifice.
Tone here was intended to be neutral btw. Not trying to lecture or patronize but just comment on why I didn't like that comment.
Thanks for the response. I appreciate it. I don't necessarily agree with your POV, obviously, but I do sincerely appreciate the explanation.
That said, if you think that was neutral, you need a bit of work on your communication skills. Most people would just tell someone speaking to them like that to fuck off. I began writing a reply but I don't really think it makes sense to continue the dialogue. I doubt you really care what I think anyway, and that's totally fine. We can agree to disagree.