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Re:EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program by eesmith on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @03:09PM (#43919517)
> and can be used as money

Yes, and so can Canadian Tire money, but try paying your taxes in scrip or Bitcoin.

> and if you don't trust them you can wait

Nope. Models numbers are cheap. Each chain can get their own model number, updated every six months. You wait and the numbers all change.

> Reviewers who aren't trusted by people

You're smoking the good stuff!

"Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't tell the difference", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33472922

"Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433451

See also the comments of HNers who find it hard to find trusted reviewers.

How do you find a trusted reviewer for air purifiers, which that last link concerns?

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