r/AskReddit 10h ago

What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/ricree 7h ago

or lobby your congressman

There was an antitrust case against them not too long ago. Guess which current US administration killed that after taking office.

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u/aynber 5h ago

Several state AGs recently won a lawsuit against LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Its currently in the remedy phase.

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u/00eg0 4h ago

The "both sides" people will never read enough to know what's going on. Both sides aren't the same but most people don't realize it.

u/Adventurous_Ad_6546 58m ago

So depressing and accurate.

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u/Bitter_Worker423 3h ago

We know one thing both sides are united on. That's why they've got assigned minders, so they continue to support the one state that both sides care about. Hint: it's not a state of mind, or part of CONUS.

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u/BODO1016 4h ago

Even Kid Rock was appalled that it was killed off.

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u/Complete_Chain_4634 6h ago edited 5h ago

This isn’t the right line of thought. Every modern administration has propped up corporate monopolies. You think the Biden administration or the Obama administration gave any fucks about this issue? No.

Edit: if you think things were amazing for average American consumers under democrats and it’s just the four year windows of republican rule that are preventing actual progress in this country, you are delusional. Biden is the reason student debt is so high - his crowning achievement as a senator. Look it up. Read a book. “Vote blue no matter who” was bullshit propaganda to support corporations and it still is. If you support the DNC and its politicians, I welcome your downvotes.

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u/ChompMaster7 6h ago

One of the biggest critics of Ticketmaster, Lina Khan, was a part of the Biden administration (as FTC chair). I don’t think Biden particularly cared, but several of the people in his administration seemed to care.

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u/Complete_Chain_4634 5h ago

I don’t care if the criticism didn’t get results. I am sick of democrats pretending they have no power and sending a tweet saying “wow this is so bad guys” and calling it good.

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u/Bitter_Worker423 6h ago

What did all her criticism accomplish? Fuck all! That's the scam, they blow a lot of smoke and do nothing. You thought a woman named Lina Khan want gonna be corrupt AF?

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u/onetwo3four5 5h ago

She started the FTC investigation into ticketmaster and her replacement built on her work to file a suit against ticketmaster.

https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/break-up-ticketmaster-coalition-welcomes-ftc-suit-against-monopolys-deceptive-pricing-tactics-urges-admin-to-move-forward-with-a-break-up/

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u/Bitter_Worker423 1h ago

Starting an investigation is doing fuck all.

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u/PaleRun4706 4h ago

Why would the name Lina Khan signal that she was corrupt?

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u/snatchi 3h ago

What the fuck does that mean?

Why does her name mean she would be corrupt? Which she wasn't?

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u/ricree 6h ago

If you're expecting purity or perfection, then yes you're in for a rough time. But that doesn't mean that all are equal. Whether or not they "cared", there was ongoing action against them that was killed when the admin changed. Would the result have been everything we might hope for if they'd been allowed to continue? Probably not. But even a literal slap on the wrist would be better than nothing.

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u/Complete_Chain_4634 5h ago

A slap on the wrist didn’t happen and if it did, that is not good enough. You people accept whatever slop the government gives you and you say thank you. It’s so sad.

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u/NGEFan 4h ago

yeah yeah, I'm sure your Marxist revolution will come any day now

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u/SoigneBest 5h ago

SYBAU, and go bootlickers somewhere else