Stage 4: Junk
The experience is broadly worse for users; the platform optimizes for extraction over quality.
Stage
Function
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Ticketmaster
4 JunkHigh fees, poor transparency, and market concentration leave fans with a worse experience than a competitive market would deliver—junk for end users.
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Google Search
4 JunkOnce best-in-class retrieval; now cluttered with SERP features, ads, and SEO sludge—users get the residual junk.
