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If this were the 1920s, antitrust enforcement would come down with an iron fist. The consolidation and control of the market is insane. I hope we can see some g
by thatswrong0 3y ago
If this were the 1920s, antitrust enforcement would come down with an iron fist. The consolidation and control of the market is insane. I hope we can see some government movement about this at some point..
- lWaterboardCats 3y agoHah!
- nulbyte 3y ago> hope we can see some government movement about this at some point. I do too! I get so sick of Ticketmaster's fees upon fees upon fees and "sorry, your browser isn't Chrome" junk.
- okr 3y ago[flagged]
- SkyPuncher 3y agoIt’s the exclusivity piece that’s the problem.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoCongress has had hearings on this exact issue[0]. I don't think we've had any legislation come from it yet. [0] https://congressionaldish.com/cd267-the-monopoly-powers-of-live-nation-ticketmaster/ https://congressionaldish.com/cd267-the-monopoly-powers-of-l...
- kylebenzle 3y agoBoth venues AND artists want it this way, who's going to complain? TM makes more money for everyone, that's why they use it.
- CogitoCogito 3y ago> Both venues AND artists want it this way, who's going to complain? Consumers?
- solardev 3y agoThese days, Ticketmaster would probably be the ones selling the tickets to the FTC hearings to begin with.