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[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

rotten tomatoes is owned by Fandango, IMDB by Amazon, so this makes sense (in the worst way).

[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What do you think is the reason? I would assume it's mostly for their data? Or would they need with the ranking to help their movies?

[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i would guess it’s to help rank their own content.

the user data is a bonus.