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I don't quite understand: Why do I need a login to access anything there? And why are the tickets limited? I would have expected that they have the knowledge to make the infrastructure be able to scale up to any number. And I would be happy to pay for that.

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For one, they didn't invent the platform they're using for the purpose of the conference so they're paying per user. I believe they're using https://gather.town/pricing

If that's not a satisfying answer, chalk it up to tradition. The streams are provided free for an unlimited number of users. Maybe they only want to deal with the customer service side of a few thousand attendees.

Some other commenter pointed out they are using https://workadventu.re/

Thanks! I didn't know there was more than one of these

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