Comment丨 "ticket snatching software" is just a scalper wearing a technical vest

"Ticket snatching software" has no magic powers, that is, the network speed is fast, the frequency of brushing orders is high, beware of being deceived by rhetoric, and finally landing a situation of "spending a lot of money, the ticket has not been bought".

Time into 2022, the annual Spring Festival "ticket rush war" will begin again. Whether the Spring Festival can grab tickets, since the opening of the online ticket purchase system, has always been a "metaphysics". After the blessing of various "ticket snatching software" and "acceleration packages", the matter of ticket snatching has become more "mysterious and mysterious". Almost every consumer who has grabbed the ticket must have a puzzle in his heart - is the "acceleration package" an "IQ tax"?

Recently, Railway 12306 made it clear that the "acceleration package" used by consumers does not have the right of first refusal to purchase tickets, and no matter which ticketing software needs to queue up in the railway 12306 ticketing system. To tell the truth, the explanation given by 12306 only excludes the possibility that the "acceleration package" has the right to purchase tickets first, but does not erase the functionality of the "acceleration package", at least leaving a line of space for the value of the existence of the "acceleration package" - the "acceleration package" may still help the "accelerated ticketing" in the 12306 ticketing system to some extent.

How do they speed up? Mainly to spell bandwidth, spell network speed. Hu Gang, deputy secretary-general of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Internet Society of China, said that the so-called "ticket-snatching software" is to use technical means to continuously refresh information and improve the speed of information submission. Among them, the "technical means" are the main battlefield for all kinds of "ticket-snatching software" to fight. For example, there is a "ticket snatching software" platform customer service introduction, in fact, different prices of acceleration packages, mainly the difference in network speed.

Each platform constantly refreshes through the high frequency of the network speed, helping consumers grab tickets on the 12306 system. To put it bluntly, it is a scalper wearing a "technical vest".

In addition, some people with bad intentions also take the opportunity to fish in muddy waters, and induce users to download by releasing "acceleration packs" that copycats or even carry viruses, thereby infringing on users' personal information and property. Even if it does not reach the step of breaking the law and committing crimes, many software are not honest, and they will change the disguised charging of the law, and dig up the charging trap by setting up various nominal "VIP services" and "bundled services".

Not only that, but the "ticket snatching software" is also harmful to the 12306 platform itself. For example, a large number of refresh systems consume 12306 resources, which will cause system services to be paralyzed. Moreover, in the handling rules of refund, each software platform also has inconsistencies with the charging standards of the railway, and will overcharge the refund fee or change fee of the passenger.

The criticism of "ticket snatching software" is also that it is especially good to take advantage of the anxiety of the public to return to their hometowns, in the name of "ticket snatching", to carry out exaggerated marketing propaganda, and some even openly play the banner of "scalper special script". These marketing statements accurately target the anxious psychology of returnees "even if they spend more money to buy tickets", many people will hold the psychology of trying it out, spend money to buy services, and as a result, spend more money.

In this regard, it is necessary for the railway department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the market supervision department to intervene in a timely manner, do a good job in the publicity and explanation of ticket purchase, make a preparatory plan for the wave of "ticket snatching" that comes every year, prevent it in advance, strengthen supervision and crackdown on all kinds of illegal "ticket snatching software", and let people who return to their hometown spend less money and pay less "IQ tax".

Returnees who are about to become "ticket snatchers" must also be prepared to buy tickets in advance, at least soberly realize that the "ticket snatching software" has no magic powers, that is, the network speed is fast, the frequency of brushing orders is high, beware of being deceived by rhetoric, and finally landing a situation of "spending a lot of money, the ticket has not been bought".

Red Star News Contributing Commentator and Student

Edited by Yin Shuguang