So… what was the problem? How did it get “insane”?

Is it because nobody else “big” joined them? Is it because, and hear me out, they decide it was no longer worth the money?

Tired of arguing with you people.

That doesn’t mean he’s correct or has a point, which he doesn’t.

But hey man, you do you. Let people waste your time.

pretty much all

What about the ones that weren’t ticketmaster-only?

I find it hard to believe they couldn’t find a place to have their shows. Maybe in a major city, but if they were willing to go outside of one then there’s no way ticketmaster is going to have control over everything.

It could’ve been good business for the towns they played in and ticketmaster would be left out to dry.

I guess that’s asking too much of them, though. Even though it’s really not.

I’m going to have to say nay on their attempt. They could have and should have tried harder.

Always funny how the people in power want to preach that the war is over.

Democrats voted against Bernie twice, but I get what you’re saying.

That’s a lie.

It’s the disparity in wealth and rigged system that’s inspiring people towards violence.

Socially liberal ✅

Fiscally conservative ✅

When the service gets its data leaked in a breach, your phone number is now visible to the public.

But then they won’t have something to talk about to make them seem interesting!

in which case it simply doesn’t have the infrastructure to host a huge band.

What infrastructure? Amps? That’s a non-issue.

I completely agree with you.

The whole atmosphere surrounding live shows is toxic as fuck. There are literally millions of useful idiots eager to get ripped off so they can fit in with each other.

It’s a force that logic can’t fight back against. We live in a world of morons, and seeing them get taken advantage of in this way is something we should just get used to.

I’m not holding my breath expecting things to change. My generation certainly wasn’t the one to fix these problems.

Did they really try?

Seems like a popular group such as pearl jam could get away with selling tickets without this company.

Stop giving them money?

Seriously. Selling tickets doesn’t have to be a million-dollar affair.

Odds are the venues that you’re going to suck and exist to take advantage of people’s low standards and excess wealth.

Piracy

Did they shut down due to a lack of business, or was it the government stepping in and imposing its mandate that everyone else has to follow no matter what?

If it’s the former, good. If it’s the latter, then it’s very bad.

Canada would have a leg to stand on here if it didn’t rely on the US military.

They choose to spend nothing on their military because they know the US will back them up if the need arises.

I fucking hate corporate use of emojis.

Just feels like some businesspeople were convinced it drives up “engagement”, so that’s what their underlings to do.

It makes me sick. I support any and all efforts to remove these ideas and the people who perpetuate them from the free software space.

Sorry you hate it. Thanks for being honest.

I avoid all of those kinds of devices because the price in no way reflects the mediocre hardware that we’ll be getting.

When we can get 4070 Lenovo laptops at Walmart for $1,000, it just doesn’t make sense to be spending a comparable price on something without a fucking GPU.

We’re lining the pockets of businessmen at that point. And don’t be fooled: it’s all business at the end of the day.

I agree with you.

Everyone who is saying that windows isn’t profitable or no longer an important part of microsoft’s business strategy is just a parrot succumbing to the snowball effect.

I’d wager they have enough resources to stave it off for as long as possible, and when they can’t do that anymore they will have a strategy for making money off of their “services” in the linux space.

Microsoft is part of the cabal at this point. Businesses give it money because they’re expected to.