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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by bell-cot on Thursday July 30, 2026 @07:52PM (#49117351)
Compared to the big e-commerce retailers, Costco's total number of sku's isn't even a rounding error.

And most of Costco's sku's are food, clothing, housewares, bulk consumables, and such - vastly easier to test and vet than computer & internet-connected electronics.

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by ChoGGi on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:19AM (#49123490)
Sounds like you're agreeing that Costco is well curated?
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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by bell-cot on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:08AM (#49124109)
Compared to Amazon and other e-tailers with hundreds of thousands of sku's of computer & internet-connected electronic stuff, 99% of which they do nothing whatever to curate? Yes.

But that's kinda like saying that Random Pond is safer for swimming than a lava lake.

Do I just assume nothing can go wrong when I myself shop at Costco? NO.

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