The post made me irritated because of the smug sneer that seemed to be behind the words. It was as if this "phenomenon" is built solely on the ignorance of consumers who buy anything other than that cheapest option. No open-mindedness at all, and certainly no curiosity.

I would have loved this article to dig into the details about how these products compare, you know, the author actually putting in the work figuring out what differences there are of these products at different price-points.

If they went into detail about the financials of these companies and how they compare to the companies selling their cheap products in Walmart, that would be interesting.

Instead, it boils down to "I haven't tried these products, but I don't think they're worth it, they're probably all just sales and marketing" What a waste of server space.