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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by oezi on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:16PM (#32463549)
The manufacturers are all gaming the system by releasing new models so quickly (and in so many varieties) that any design flaw of a model cannot be used to make a purchasing decision because the comparable old devices are no longer available.
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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by bombcar on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:22PM (#32463610)
Or there is one or two manufacturers for all the various brands.

"Whirlpool brands include Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef, Admiral, Norge, Roper, and others. See all items in Dishwasher Dishrack. Whirlpool also makes various appliance models for Sears / Kenmore."

And once you start looking up part numbers you realize it goes even further.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by npteljes on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:25PM (#32463630)
100%. Information asymmetry, and also the glut of options make informed consumer decisions much harder than they need to be.
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