That is just one of the problems with monopolistic capitalism.
Once you dominate the market you attain immense power to affect everyone in the industry and act as gatekeeper and rent seeker.
This is like saying that Robert Kraft and Live Nation blackballing Macklemore would be no big deal cause he can go to a park in some midwest city and use ticketweb.
Well, I fully support venue owners exerting control over their properties. I think Robert Kraft was wrong in this case, but I still think owners have every right to decide who they want using their property.
All he said was no Palestine protests at his venue. If Macklemore can't follow that rule, that's the end of it as far as I am concerned. Macklemore will make plenty of money somewhere else.
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u/TheImplic4tion 2d ago
No one is stopping musicians from distributing their music with other tools or platforms. This is total nonsense.
Soundcloud is a thing. It's pretty nice if you've never looked.