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Just wanted to check some user reviews for a serie, now IMDB forces me to create an account. Such bullshit to read some reviews. No fucking way. Fuck corporate enshittification. Fuck IMDB. Fuck Amazon.

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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

IMDB started as an open wikipedia type website where everyone contributed content about movies and actors.

As soon as volunteers had added enough content that it was really useful, the IMDB creators locked out the contributors and sold it.

this post was submitted on 12 May 2026

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