I'd rather try and get the executives, product managers, and engineers who implemented it fired and elect politicians that will make policies like that illegal.
I could go to a baseball game last year and have been able to for decades. The march to enshittification isn't inevitable. Otherwise there will be no hobbies in the future, and I'll be hoarding my money to just sit in my house doing nothing.
> I'd rather try and get the executives, product managers, and engineers who implemented it fired
How has that been working out for you? Apparently you have some avenue to apply pressure for that, other than the obvious one of not buying the tickets.
Why should anybody fire them, given that their actions have caused no actual harm to the bottom line? Obviously the ticket buyers don't care, so why should management or owners care?
> and elect politicians that will make policies like that illegal.
I agree with you in principle, but reality is far and away from this, unfortunately. These types of companies need an incentive to change their ways, and money is the only language they know how to speak—and in “they” I’m including all the executives, product managers, engineers and, ESPECIALLY, the politicians you spoke about. Money will always trump morals when it comes to companies that voluntarily elect to put such shady deals in practice.
If, on the other hand, you care more about your hobby than these quirks annoy you, than by all means, go right ahead.