I've been using tmdb out of spite since they brought this shitty change in. Less reviews, but I can be the change I want to see, and submit reviews here myself

https://www.themoviedb.org/

IMDb is owned by Amazon. Use TMDB (the movie database) instead.

themoviedb.org

Yep. Found that out a couple weeks ago for the same reason. I'm not giving them my data just to read some reviews. There's literally no reason to hide those behind a login other than to harvest your info and viewing habits.

TIL Amazon owns IMDB?

IMDb has been trash for like a decade now

Ew I didn’t know they were owned by Amazon. Gross.

Relevant: https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-enshittification

Is there a Fediverse IMDb equivalent?

IMDb has been making shitty decisions for a long time. They have always been a business first, community last.

I doubt RT is much better but I use it mostly. It at least has been consistently the same amount of shitty UI since inception. TheMovieDb.org has a decent ratings system too and is getting more use, but again it's privately owned.

I'm not aware of a community run and operated ratings DB that's got any significant uptake.. Would be glad to hear of one if anyone knows.

Because Amazon bought it

I miss the imbd forums and reading about all the different theories viewers had on movies and shows. Enshitification of imbd started when they just randomly one day got rid of the forums.

I’m only there to look at actors and see what they’re in or view their actor relationships (siblings, spouses, kids, etc.)

Letterboxd isn't a 1-to-1 replacement for imdb, but it does have user submitted reviews and ratings out of 5 stars. I would suggest giving it a shot if that's primarily what you're after.

hi, just wanted to notify you that this can be circumvented automatically with a https://libredirect.github.io/ linking to an IMDB instance. I just checked and there is at least one public instance available. It has a button in the settings that scans a public registry of them, it can randomly select from them, and there is a button in its popup menu to automatically remove any broken instance + reroll. Often there are some that exist it doesn't know about, and the whole point is that you can host your own. In fewer words, it's a collection of private frontends run by a variety of collectives and hobbyists, with a slick addon that works in Firefox Android mobile btw 😎 . This should drastically improve your experience on mainstream websites, especially if you are the kind who "just drops in for second" and slams into a stupid login wall

Don't get caught lacking my friend nobody should be browsing default Youtube and IMDB layout. They have themes 🎀

It’s gotten more aggressive, but it hasn’t forced me to create an account yet.

E: hmm, the app doesn’t force me to sign in, but I do see that if I try to use a web browser.

Enshitification

There's a really nice TMDb compatible Android app called ShowCase, btw.

I've had an IMDb account longer than some Netizens have been alive. I feel like the Fediverse angles older, though, so I should be careful how I word it here. Popular social networks, though? Easy claim. Though, I feel like when people capitalise the B at the end, they might be younger? But I just checked and the B is definitely still lowercase, so I'm not sure where they got that it was upper.

That said, I got rid of the app a while ago. I just browse to it in Safari (iPhone) or Firefox (Mac) now. The app is trash. I've migrated my data to TMDB, but the site's not quite as good and lacks information, so I use both. (TMDB does not have an app. There's an app on the App Store, but it's not official and it sucks. So it's browser-only for now.)

At leeast tvtropes.org and imfdb.org are still ok. :)

Yeah I tried to look at an episode list on my phone. Tried to force me to download an app. No way to view the website on my phone.

Can the IMDb be scraped? Not necessarily for the reviews, but for the titles, actors, and so forth. Kind of wish Anna's Archive had done that instead of Spotify.

Not sure what your talking about. You can still access IMDB from a browser. You talking about something else?

Meanwhile I go to IMDb and am not forced to create an account.