[HN Gopher] Why we should review broken products instead of new ...
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       Why we should review broken products instead of new ones
        
       Author : hubraumhugo
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-01-17 14:04 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.buyforlife.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.buyforlife.com)
        
       | hubraumhugo wrote:
       | For most people, the majority of positive reviews are noise on
       | any product and they evaluate them by reading negative reviews.
       | 
       | For once, let's turn it all upside down:
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       | We should build a collection about how things break - review
       | broken and worn-out products to teach how to identify cheap
       | products (where are the stress points, what manufacturing
       | techniques exist to alleviate those). Then compare those with
       | used products well past their warranty period that hasn't broken,
       | and look at why they haven't.
       | 
       | PS: I'm the creator of the community-driven Buy For Life
       | platform. Let's overcome cheap products and keep corportaions
       | accountable.
        
         | Answerawake wrote:
         | Interesting idea but is your site curated for some items or
         | just 100% autogenerated/crowd sourced? For example, you have
         | listed the Thinkpad X220 which is a 10 year old laptop.
         | Furthermore I also noticed the Magic mouse and is that really
         | considered buy it for life(in terms of repairable)? Speaking as
         | someone who has purchased and accidentally destroyed multiple
         | Magic Keyboards by liquid spills, I love their products but
         | would never consider them "buy it for life" from a repair
         | perspective.
        
         | jamestimmins wrote:
         | This makes a lot of sense. Very cool project.
         | 
         | Also, I noticed that the cost/month math seems off here
         | https://www.buyforlife.com/products/10/kitchenaid-
         | refrigerat.... For a 2 year warranty, looks like it calculates
         | it as Total Price / 24 / 12, rather than Total Price/12.
        
       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | JS;DR: https://archive.is/JrLEh
        
       | pavel_lishin wrote:
       | This is a good idea, but a lot of products are only sold for a
       | few years before being discontinued; reading a review for a
       | printer that's no longer sold (except secondhand) is
       | unfortunately not very useful.
        
       | bluemandontcry wrote:
       | Why dont they do it? I havent seen anywhere themdoing it in fact
       | from their website "Free, hand curated updates on new products
       | for people who think quality and sustainability matters."
        
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