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Re:FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an... by TylerE on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:48PM (#19260443)
Consumer Reports tends to rate heavily on things I don't much care about, like initial reliability (which for most modern products is more than fine) while almost ignoring things like ACTUAL performance and ergonomics.
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Re:FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an... by bluedino on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @08:47AM (#19263160)
They're also biased. If they generally give the winning nod to brand X, even if brand Y comes ou with a superior product, they'll still give brand X the nod.

It works the same way when brand X has sub-par releases.

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