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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by joncrane on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:33AM (#23488671)
I understand that the vast majority of reviewers on the internet, and certainly the sites that come up first in search engine results, are compensated by the manufacturers via kickbacks.

I believe it's colloquially known as a "racket."

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by hunter2_ on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:26AM (#23489848)
Is there any good work being done on solving this problem? "Verified buyer" exists on larger sites but it doesn't solve for kickbacks. Looking only at reviews written by people closer to you socially also doesn't work since at that critical proximity there aren't enough reviews.
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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by prepend on Thursday June 11, 2020 @07:10PM (#23494180)
Consumerreports is still independent and really useful, I think.
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