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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by mcphage on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:16PM (#32464805)
My dad always used Consumer Reports to pick products, and... I dunno, they didn't seem to be super great.
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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by switchbak on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:33PM (#32465252)
I've seen some reviews for which I know a fair amount, and often the testing and rating rubric are ... Bewildering and unsophisticated. I love the idea of Consumer Reports a lot more than the actual thing itself.
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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by mcphage on Monday August 15, 2022 @01:38PM (#32472773)
> I love the idea of Consumer Reports a lot more than the actual thing itself

Yeah, exactly. I really love the idea, but not the results.

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