[protocolture]

The market wont change until someone discovers a method to sell better than ticketmaster.

Yes ticketmaster sucks, but when competition pops up, it isnt like an order of magnitude better than ticketmaster.

Its like Cabcharge. The first real thing that ever challenged it was uber.

I change here needs to be similar. Maybe a presale marketplace to attract events? Tours could change to follow the money to an extent? Then the money is there on the table and the venue can make the decision whether to change its Ticketmaster only policy or not.

[rincebrain]

I think the problem isn't that competition needs to be an order of magnitude better, it's that if places have exclusivity agreements, it doesn't matter how much better you are.

The comment in [1] also outlines a bunch of reasons it's extremely difficult to break into.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452308

[protocolture]

"Better" in this context includes having a better offer for the organisation of venues, so they will want to break that exclusivity.

[iovrthoughtthis]

Nah, theres not a technical or business solution to this. Music is cultural and we'll develop new cultural technology to solve it. Vision + regulation would help things move a little faster but the pendulums swing is inevitable.