Comment by gspencley

2 years ago

> Shame on you for abusing your talent to exclude the technologically-disadvantaged.

Very minor nitpick: I don't like the term "technologically disadvantaged" here. While it is undoubtedly true that there are many people who are without smart phones due to economic reasons, or because their battery died or their phone was just stolen ... there are also lots of people, myself included, who would CHOOSE to forgo a smart phone when attending a concert / event.

My wife and I live in a city with a Caesar's hotel and casino within walking distance. When there are shows and concerts we are interested in, we don't hesitate to buy tickets. When we go to such a show for a date night, we would like to leave our phones at home. Some of this might be due to our being middle aged, and so we're not glued to our phones 24/7, but it's also just a hassle to bring them through security, and to often have to put them in those lock bags because they don't want people recording etc.

So to us, e-tickets are evil for no other reason than the fact that it assumes that we want to have a phone on us and to use it as a ticket. I will happily pay the fee for a physical ticket whenever available.