This is a new change because not enough people find their VIP features worth the money.

I’ll be moving to TMDb instead. And you should know that Trakt would not exist without TMDb open and free database and API.

  • shmanio
    2•11 days ago

    I agree with you about the API, it seems to be one of the first things to go.

    Though, killing it would be expecially dumb in this case, as it is what made trakt famous in the first place. It’s really useful to have a scrobbler for every major service, and I use it for a dumb side project.

    I’d really like to know what else they think they are adding with their service that is worth $60/year. The data comes from tmdb, the trailers are youtube links, reviews and lists are created by users (when they are allowed to). Sure, they package it all together, but I wouldn’t call the website a masterpiece of neither form or function.

    I hope that the current backlash will make them (temporarily) revert the change, but this is still a clear signal of the path they are willing to take. I’ll be looking for other services.