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speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you clarify - do you mean hate because it's paid for marketing and there's much better products for a similar price,(sort of BIFL maybe?) or hate because the company is anti consumer somehow and there's a better company or free version?

Like for the first, Kitchen Aid stand mixers. Way overblown because marketing and resting on laurals from 50 years ago when they're not built like that anymore. Bosch Universal Plus is a much better spend if you want robustness imho.

For the second the obvious is Microsoft, and a community driven Linux as the alternative.

I could go on I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Was explaining that to a customer how things that used to be bad ass but now are shit but expensive as hell because they are using the name and the reputation from 50 years ago to sell the shit.

Like Maytag, and Whirlpool used to be the best brands to buy. Now they are crap won't last ten years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Ten years? You’d be lucky to make it 12 months out of warranty. Our Whirlpool dishwasher was the biggest pos I’ve ever used. Switched to Bosch and can’t be happier. Hard to tell it’s even on.

[–] minimar 1 points 2 years ago

My favourite example of this is antiviruses. Norton was huge and genuinely useful in the 90s. Now it's useless.