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I don't think I am particularly worried about a proprietary solution. If I am putting my preferences in the public, pretty sure I am giving up on some dimension

I don't think I am particularly worried about a proprietary solution. If I am putting my preferences in the public, pretty sure I am giving up on some dimension of privacy. With books at least, it doesn't seem so concerning as long as the recommendations don't suck too much (I don't particularly rely on recommendations that much though). But of course, you never know!

jiofih 6y ago
You do realize this entire post here is about GoodReads discontinuing their API? And as a reaction to that, you’re suggesting moving to another provider that doesn’t allow exporting your data either.
- WorldMaker 6y ago
  LibraryThing has several robust export options and an API. As they also run small "actual" libraries that includes some interesting old catalog formats as well.
  - rsanek 6y ago
    Not sure if you've used the APIs recently, but they have been disabled without warning since October: "Our APIs are indeed disabled for now. They will be re-enabled at some point but we don't have an immediate timeline for it, so I wouldn't expect them back anytime soon." [0] [0] https://www.librarything.com/topic/325722 https://www.librarything.com/topic/325722