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"You either agree to the terms of service, or you don’t use the product — which, in this day and age, often isn’t a viable option." Gonna stop you there... Wh

"You either agree to the terms of service, or you don’t use the product — which, in this day and age, often isn’t a viable option." Gonna stop you there... What day and age are we in where you have to go to concerts? I mean yes I agree it's an invasion of privacy. The thing is, you have to vote with your feet!

colejohnson66 7y ago
So because one doesn’t need something, one can’t complain about it?
- rdiddly 7y ago
  Complain all you want. Sometimes nowadays it even works, just through the sheer power of a Twitter shitstorm. But complaining -- essentially asking someone else to fix things -- that's one of the very first things a human baby learns. And it only works if there's someone more powerful than you, on your side, who protects and looks out for your interests. Good luck with that - maybe you noticed who's in the White House (and whom he put in charge of the FCC and the FTC and so on). And certainly the AXS/AEG people aren't on your side: they're your adversaries! Complaining to them is like asking your no-good abusive husband to please stop beating you, while you continue paying his rent and getting beaten. You need to get out of there! Besides, NOBODY is more powerful than you in this case! You're the one (you and your fellow buyers) with all the money that AEG depends on! So when it comes time to actually stop complaining and do something about this kind of crap, there are many things you can do, starting with the obvious: Absolutely Stop Supporting Them Monetarily. Even better: organize a widespead boycott. And then all the time and money you save by not going to concerts (or only going to small cheap local ones where you can actually talk & hang out with the artists), you can get yourself a guitar or a copy of Ableton Live or whatnot, and start teaching yourself! This article points out (or complains about, to use your phrase) a problem that does exist, and needs to be pointed out/complained about. But then instead of taking the next logical step ("everybody stop supporting these assholes please"), it instead spreads hopelessness and despair by saying "They know they can get away with [this crap], so they do. And so they will, until anyone with enough power to enact systematic change cares enough... to actually do something about it." That's a clear appeal to the "someone more powerful" that I mention above, and if they don't do anything, we're all just totally helpless, right? Weak sauce.
mlthoughts2018 7y ago
I would consider it not viable to miss all AXS-managed ticketed events. It’s not a biological need, and I don’t care. The functional notion of viability is not constrained to merely literal needs. That would be a dictionary definition of viable, instead of a practical definition.

colejohnson66 7y ago

So because one doesn’t need something, one can’t complain about it?

rdiddly 7y ago
Complain all you want. Sometimes nowadays it even works, just through the sheer power of a Twitter shitstorm. But complaining -- essentially asking someone else to fix things -- that's one of the very first things a human baby learns. And it only works if there's someone more powerful than you, on your side, who protects and looks out for your interests. Good luck with that - maybe you noticed who's in the White House (and whom he put in charge of the FCC and the FTC and so on). And certainly the AXS/AEG people aren't on your side: they're your adversaries! Complaining to them is like asking your no-good abusive husband to please stop beating you, while you continue paying his rent and getting beaten. You need to get out of there! Besides, NOBODY is more powerful than you in this case! You're the one (you and your fellow buyers) with all the money that AEG depends on! So when it comes time to actually stop complaining and do something about this kind of crap, there are many things you can do, starting with the obvious: Absolutely Stop Supporting Them Monetarily. Even better: organize a widespead boycott. And then all the time and money you save by not going to concerts (or only going to small cheap local ones where you can actually talk & hang out with the artists), you can get yourself a guitar or a copy of Ableton Live or whatnot, and start teaching yourself! This article points out (or complains about, to use your phrase) a problem that does exist, and needs to be pointed out/complained about. But then instead of taking the next logical step ("everybody stop supporting these assholes please"), it instead spreads hopelessness and despair by saying "They know they can get away with [this crap], so they do. And so they will, until anyone with enough power to enact systematic change cares enough... to actually do something about it." That's a clear appeal to the "someone more powerful" that I mention above, and if they don't do anything, we're all just totally helpless, right? Weak sauce.

mlthoughts2018 7y ago

I would consider it not viable to miss all AXS-managed ticketed events. It’s not a biological need, and I don’t care. The functional notion of viability is not constrained to merely literal needs. That would be a dictionary definition of viable, instead of a practical definition.