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1. 100percentjake · 1790258905 · focus · HN ↗

   Samsung smart appliances in general seem to occupy a similar place in the market to vehicles like the Chevy Traverse or Nissan Altima, where people with technical knowledge in that area know them to be absolute horrific maintenance and repair liabilities and yet the consumer base places them second to God.

   Obviously the review of a brand-new device or vehicle with 100 miles on it is going to have a disconnect from the realities of 60k miles of rocky ownership but I remain baffled when people buy a 7 year old used V6 Traverse, a vehicle extremely well known for catastrophic engine failure, and if I question their decision I get a "the reviews were good!". It seems like journalistic malpractice to not retroactively update reviews with a warning when critical widespread shortcomings are found later in a products life.

   1. rsynnott · 1790335250 · focus · HN ↗

      I've only ever bought one thing from Samsung, a small TV about 10 years ago which, it turns out, has a _variable audio lag_ bug; the audio lag changes seemingly at random, so impossible to compensate for. I can't imagine how that even _happens_. As a result of that experience, I'll never buy anything from Samsung again.

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