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Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:48PM (#24181657)
They're good enough. To me the alternative is Reddit or online reviews on the seller website which are even more unreliable. And the alternative to that is to spend countless hours researching things myself.

Is Consumer Reports any good?

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Re:Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA... by donmcronald on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:09AM (#24196013)
I’ve never used consumer reports. Reddit can be really good if you find the niche communities. It’s basically impossible to research yourself these days because nothing has decent specs.

Sites like Wirecutter aren’t completely useless because they give a relatively decent overview. It’s just worth being aware most review sites border on being advertising, so they won’t tell you if a whole product category is trash.

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