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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I found information about saving tickets in Google Wallet.
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:26:01 +0100
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On 2024-03-19 18:25, Newyana2 wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
> 
> |
> | We were talking recently about this in thread "Save tickets in an
> emmail?".
> |
> 
>   That was my friend. Several days later she still can't get the
> tickets to entirely load in the email and logging into Ticketmaster
> hangs. She tried chat. No luck. She finally got hold of a human
> at Ticketmaster. They tried to walk her through it. No luck. They
> explicitly told her that printing out the tickets (if she ever manages
> to load them again) is not an option. She must go to the circus
> using her cellphone as ticket. She could save the tickets in
> Google Wallet/Pay (it's not clear what the difference is) but that
> hurdle has to wait for actually getting the tickets loaded.
> 
>    At one point she was able to load the tickets. By that I mean
> she clicked the link in their email and got images of seat numbers
> and a barcode. But saving to Wallet failed. Now she can't get the
> barcode to show up.
> 
>    The fact that Ticketmaster requires a phone, undoubtedly for
> their own convenience and personal data collection, is outrageous.
> The tickets were bought online. It should have been feasible to
> download and print them. That works for airline tickets.

There is no data collection involved.

> 
>    My friend is planning to take her daughter, son-in-law and
> granddaughter to the circus. It's still not clear whether it's
> actually going to be possible.
> 
> | I seem to understand that Wallet stores them in "the cloud" somewhere.
> |
> 
>    Makes sense. So you need your cellphone and a Google Wallet
> account just to possess your tickets. And even then you don't possess
> them. You only have a (hopeful) means of access to what you paid for.

Just a google account which she already has, because she has an Android 
phone.


> 
>     I'm just glad that I'm not
> itching to see a concert or spsorting event. Yesterday I went to
> the theater again... slipped 'em a tenspot and went in to see
> Dune 2. I was alone in the theater, which was built about 90
> years ago. Kids today generally don't know this direct human
> relationship to their world. But there's hope:
> 
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/
> 
> 

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.