[EvanAnderson]

It has been reported that Ticketmaster has exclusive agreements with 70-80% of US venues. It's great that you have all the choices you do. For me, in western Ohio, every major venue for hundreds of miles in every direction is an exclusive Ticketmaster venue. You can't gain admittance to any show in those venues without a phone that can run their proprietary app.

Ticketmaster is bullshit, for sure, but they're just one example of the problem of being forced to use proprietary user-hostile software.

[colordrops]

See this is the bullshit I'm taking about. You can print ticketmaster tickets.

So much self victimization to avoid using open alternatives.

[JoshTriplett]

> See this is the bullshit I'm taking about. You can print ticketmaster tickets.

So much confidence for an incorrect answer. As cited elsewhere in the thread, some venues are "no app, no entry", and do not have paper tickets.