81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

Post by NooneAtAll3 » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC

doubled112 wrote: post #156

mrweasel wrote: post #85

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I'm in my 40s, there is a shit ton of modern UX I struggle with. Basically anything gesture based for example, but really a lot of apps are just shit and have no sensible UX design behind them, so you need to try to click everything and hope you don't mess something up. To me it's easy to see how someone over 70 might simply refuse to use an app. Especially if it doesn't support scaling the UI to well.

The first time I used iOS I noticed a lot of things it considers "normal" are completely undiscoverable unless you know. Swipe down from the top. No, the other top. Click share, now click "find in page". Wait, that doesn't share at all?

Post by raw_anon_1111 » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

mwigdahl wrote: post #169

this_user wrote: post #158

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That's their choice, but they also choose to suffer the consequences. Expecting the world to cater to your needs specifically is such a typical boomer attitude and should no longer be tolerated.

While we're at it, let's get rid of the ADA. Those disabled people expecting the world to cater to their needs specifically are so abusive to those of us with perfectly functional bodies and flexible minds.

Post by dmitrygr » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #52

From my quick research online, it seems they've gone digital-only for season tickets because they don't want people just reselling them to turn a profit. They want actual season-long fans, so now if you transfer too many games they can track it and ban you. This is essentially anti-scalping. There's a legit justification. You can still buy paper tickets at the stadium for a single game. But not for season passes anym…

Post by tosti » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #127

The Dodgers could have so easily turned this into a huge win. After 50 years they could have just awarded him a paper lifetime pass. Scan this and get in for any game! It would have been so easy. Or if they really wanted him to go digital, just buy him a smart phone and install the app for him!

Post by raw_anon_1111 » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC

jjulius wrote: post #121

crazygringo wrote: post #90

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> Blaming scalping doesn't seem entirely plausible to me, because there was always the option of making the tickets and season passes non-transferable. That's not desirable either. You often can't make it to all the games, so they want you to be able to give some tickets to friends, etc. They're trying to prevent people who purchase the season pass to almost exclusively resell tickets to individual games. So you real…

>They're trying to prevent people who purchase the season pass to almost exclusively resell tickets to individual games. Why do you need a smartphone to do this when a white list checked against ID at the door would suffice? As the other respondent says, you either generate a badge for the passholder, or have an approved list of guests that can use the season pass if the passholder chooses to offer it to others.