@retrosponge @cazabon what sucks is IMDB is largely built on contributions already, and Amazon just monetize it... Including charging for their API now. There are some alternatives but mostly lack the completeness of IMDB so get less use (catch-22)
@Offbeatmammal @cazabon I am old enough to remember using the IMDB before they bought it. Back when I first got internet access in 1994 I had an IMDB client on my Amiga.
Like everything else a big corporation buys, the enshitification is strong.
@retrosponge @cazabon same! They left it alone for quite a while, but the enshittification seems to be snowballing across most of their stuff (Alexa makes me sad). I remember meetings with the IMDB folks (I worked in the Kindle building in Seattle and they were just across the road) and they seems like a good team back then, but I imagine long gone, along with their principles