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		marpstar on May 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HBO Max taking on Netflix with human curation inst... Why do streaming services tend to show the Rotten Tomatoes score instead of IMDb? I trust the IMDb score a lot more...

basch on May 27, 2020 | [–]

Prime uses IMDB, because Amazon owns IMDB.

fenwick67 on May 27, 2020 | | [–]

RottenTomatoes Tomatometer or audience scores or both? You really need both to get a feel for the quality.

krzyk on May 27, 2020 | | [–]

Really? I trust Rotten Tomatoes more. But I don't have either in Netflix :(

HBO has IMDB.

mumbisChungo on May 27, 2020 | [–]

I think you just answered your own question.

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