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What's your list of banned brands? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

Samsung; just a lot of general very anti-consumer behaviour.

LG; a "do not sell my data" option on a TV that's turned off as standard? No, thanks.

ASUS; has become pretty unreliable in my experience and their RMA shenanigans haven't helped.

Apple; overpriced and anti-consumer, I wouldn't mind getting a MacBook as a gift or something, though...

HP; cheap garbage that's obsolete the moment you buy it and becomes e-waste after the warranty has expired. Their business line is marginally better but there are far better options out there.

Huawei; see above.

Nestlé; do I really have to explain? They're pretty much the worst company to ever exist.

Spotify; endless price-hikes to enable the CEO to buy more soccer teams and firearm manufacturer shares, pay artists almost nothing per stream, disabled their car thing after two years, lied about Spotify Hi-Fi....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I'd like to know the alternatives, especially for Samsung, I still think it is the best smart phone company

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Motorola for phones. Does everything you need with a near AOSP android. Affordable too. good official support, and good community support with lineageos

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

marked to the note!

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