• hassanmckusick@lemmy.discothe.quest
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    1 year ago

    What a non story.

    Ticketmaster didn’t lower their prices they just flipped a switch to unhide them.

    Biden didn’t actually do anything, the move was voluntary on Ticketmasters part.

    We all know Ticketmaster adds $30+ to the ticket price in fees and could adjust accordingly. What we care about is that Ticketmaster is a monopoly and can set the prices at whatever they want. Or that they charge $20+ per beer at shows. Or that they work with scalpers. Or that they already settled a case where they used inflated fees to defraud customers.

    No offense @Wilshire, I think the “story” is worth talking about because it’s not actually news it’s just PR for Ticketmaster. I just wish USAToday would highlight that this is not what we’re asking for instead of pitching this as a win.