So artists will find that if they want to play at a large venue, they will need to sign with livenation because the venue has?

And venues sign with livenation because a lot of artists are signed with livenation and they want good artists?

And they don’t really care after they sign because now the requirement to sign with livenation is a burden of whoever isn’t signed with livenation?

And the only person who really loses is the customer?

So why exactly are venues forced to use ticketmaster? I don’t understand. Does everyone involved in the show just get more money when ticketmaster is bleeding customers dry with fees? Are there not other simple payment processors that can be used instead?