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It's wild that everyone seems to have forgotten that Ticketmaster acquired TradeDesk and actively marketed to scalpers [1] just a couple of years ago. Seems the
by sally_glance 6mo ago
It's wild that everyone seems to have forgotten that Ticketmaster acquired TradeDesk and actively marketed to scalpers [1] just a couple of years ago. Seems they shut down the platform last year, maybe the "ticket bank" [2] idea worked better... Pretty clear to me that they will use any chance to monetize their monopoly.
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-ticketmaster-tradedesk-probe-1.5000677 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-ticketma...
[2] https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/judge-signals-hell-let-ticketmaster-customers-proceed-as-class-in-live-nation-antitrust-lawsuit/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/judge-signals-hell-le...