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taylortwentytwo t1_je45a8b wrote

Reply to comment by FinnRazzelle in ELI5: Everyone knows that Ticketmaster is the biggest scumbucket enterprise on the planet yet no band seems able to avoid their grasp. What's to stop a really major act (e.g. Taylor Swift) from performing in venues that are not controlled by Ticketmaster, or just setting up a parallel company? by havereddit

Don't fucking buy tickets. Concert goers are enabling the problem. Don't buy tickets. Starve the scalpers. Make Ticketmaster change, beg and plead for the privilege of earning your money in summer 2024.

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BeejOnABiscuit t1_je45p4m wrote

Agree but I haven’t been buying tix in protest and it looks to have no effect. It will take more than hoping people will boycott for things to change. The problem is so big it will require government intervention.

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Dangerous_Affect_861 t1_je46e69 wrote

Because it is necessary to use the power of the majority. When a major event with an expected crowd of, for example, 100 thousand people will sell only 5 thousand tickets, then they will change.

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BeejOnABiscuit t1_je46lu8 wrote

That is true, but what would it take to pull off a boycott of that scale? I bet most people value entertainment now over the slight possibility of future change. How do you get so many people to go against their own self interest?

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koolex t1_je465a3 wrote

That's asking people to never see a concert again, good luck. Better to call local politicians and tell them to break up the monopoly.

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