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The real reason it costs so much to go to a concert (www.vox.com)
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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Did we read the same article?

[–] ynazuma@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This article is a fluff piece for Ticketmaster.

Don’t believe it

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, right after the article tearing them a new one, Vox published a fluff piece /s

[–] ynazuma@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Please share a link to the article

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

There are multiple but I’ll help you out since you don’t know how to search the internet. Here’s one: https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/4/16/24132509/ticketmaster-live-nation-lawsuit-swift-bad-bunny-beyonce-rodrigo

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If you read the linked article above, the one that included this:

Though there are a number of factors involved in this price creep (including high fees, which a 2018 Government Accountability Office report says make up an average of 27 percent of the ticket’s total cost), **the heart of the matter is simple: demand. **

Then yes, we read the same article.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The one that talks about bots crashing websites and resellers gaming the system? Feels like you missed most of the point and took one sentence out of context. It is not regular people wanting tickets.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You do know that Ticketmaster encourages, or at the very least does nothing to stop these bots and scalpers. Hell, they even facilitate this on their own sites. With a service fee at every turn, they make these fees multiple times on any given ticket when resold.

Fuck ticketmaster and I hope their monopoly gets broken.