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Re:Show HN: I made a personal Movies page, tracking everythi... by sankalpdomore on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:42AM (#31446018)
I've watched 1000+ movies & shows. Just started to track them last month on my personal site.

I can always use IMDB or LetterBoxd but I want to de-risk loosing all my work if a 3rd party company tomorrow decides to shut down or gets hacked. With my own data, I always will have a backup and lifetime uptime guarantee.

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Re:Show HN: I made a personal Movies page, tracking everythi... by psnehanshu on Friday May 20, 2022 @08:32AM (#31446483)
Movie data isn't that valuable information to protect for an individual. Instead you can try making a contacts syncing software, or email storage, or even WhatsApp media backup system.
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Re:Show HN: I made a personal Movies page, tracking everythi... by sankalpdomore on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:36PM (#31451625)
It's not about privacy, but loosing my data from a 3rd party hack or attack.

I can always backup my own code (json file) locally vs. asking letterboxd or imdb to backup my data.

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Re:Show HN: I made a personal Movies page, tracking everythi... by psnehanshu on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @04:18PM (#31509968)
Yes, but again, for most people, movie data is far less valuable than say contacts.
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