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Posted by josephcsible 4 hours ago

81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone(twitter.com)
267 points | 271 commentspage 2
recursive 4 hours ago|
Can't read the twit because I don't have an account.
Ucalegon 4 hours ago||
https://xcancel.com/Suzierizzo1/status/2040864617467924865

There you go!

toomuchtodo 4 hours ago||
Original reporting source:

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/dodgers-fan-printed...

cwillu 4 hours ago|||
That's strange, because it opens and plays fine without an account for me.
kjkjadksj 4 hours ago|||
They sometimes give a more firm account wall and sometimes let you slide a few tweets. It isn’t deterministic.
throwaway27448 4 hours ago|||
I don't think I've ever seen this firm account wall for single tweets outside of those marked as sensitive.
masfuerte 4 hours ago|||
Inconsistent paywalls are a product now. The Times (the original) has shoe-horned in some kind of AI paywall [1] which claims to maximise conversions by varying how much you get to see and for how long. It pissed me off because I was logged-in to my subscription but it was blocking me anyway.

[1]: https://www.zuora.com/products/zephr/

nxtbl 4 hours ago||||
Same here, not logged in to X and works just fine with Firefox.
Someone1234 4 hours ago|||
Do you have uBlock Origin by any chance?
trollbridge 2 hours ago||
Up next: "Sorry, you need to have an active X account in order to redeem your season passes."
nunez 2 hours ago||
...and I took this one personally.

I was in LA for the week recently and went to see a Dodgers/Angels exhibition game at Dodger Stadium. $27 for the nosebleeds at the best stadium to sit high up at; easiest $27 ever spent!

Except it wasn't that easy. Though the tickets were purchased through mlb.com, I ran into trouble logging in once I got to the stadium. Couldn't for the life of me get a verification code. Doing the walk of shame to concessions crossed my mind, but this wouldn't have helped none since there was already a couple at the window who were getting help from the person working the booth...on how to get the tickets through the app.

Fortunately I got the verification code and was able to get my tickets shortly thereafter.

Queue my frustration when I ran into the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING when I went to see a show in Chicago some time later. Only way to enter was by downloading some ridiculous-ass app to get my tickets. Couldn't even get them by email. Couldn't even get them by website!

I wasn't expecting to yell at clouds this close to my 40s, but I really guess it do be like that.

mlinhares 4 hours ago||
I'm sure someone somewhere though this was expected friction and wouldn't be a problem.
mzajc 4 hours ago||
For reference, this is the application: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.bamnetw...

8 trackers, 49 permissions. Whatever reason they gave for requiring the application, evidently they couldn't resist selling out their users in the end. Disgusting.

lousken 3 hours ago|
Of course this is the actual reason they are forcing you to use the app. They dont give a crap about scalping.
fffernan 3 hours ago||
Can't imagine Boston or New York doing this. In Boston the'd end up giving the fan lifetime Dunkin Donuts or something on TV and just let him walk into the park since all of the ushers probably know him already. Dodgers are really missing the point here.
kmoser 4 hours ago||
I noticed the barcodes on the reporter's printed tickets in that video. I hope a nefarious actor doesn't freeze-frame it and reprint them.
avree 4 hours ago||
The ones that the reporter says were for yesterday's game? I guess if the nefarious actor also has a time machine, that'd be a pretty big risk.
daedrdev 3 hours ago||
This is another reason why etickets are used, they regenerate the barcodes
ChrisArchitect 4 hours ago||
Alternate link or source instead of rando Twitter user:

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/local/why-longtime-...

https://www.instagram.com/arozier/reel/DWsHAvDjxeL/

jayd16 4 hours ago|
If you think this is bad you should see the absolute cluster that is Intuit Dome's system.
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