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by supportengineer 847 days ago
The Wirecutter served this purpose for me for a long time. But I also check the Amazon reviews.

With any kind of purchase, I do the same thing as I do with news - I survey all of the sources and look for the outliers and also the common threads. Then I form my own opinion.
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user_7832 847 days ago
Wirecutter isn't bad per se but they fail to mention that many of their reviewed brands are really just OEM/ODM products. Nothing fundamentally wrong with that, but when UGreen/Baseus/even Anker have products that are virtually identical to other "random name" brands, you don't need to spend that much on name.

A Samsung tablet vs iPad is an actual comparison. A "ODM but logo 1" vs "ODM from same factory but logo 2" isn't really what average consumers think it is.

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raffraffraff 847 days ago
Once upon a time, Amazon was that review site. But as someone else pointed out, if you've got money and want to subvert reviews, you can do it. Also Amazon is so flooded with weird junk brands nowadays it's hard to find anything. Hey, want to buy a XOOTUSX phone? Me neither.
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