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This was posted on the consumerist website on Monday, October 30:
This is our last post on Consumerist.com. We're deeply proud of all the work we've done on behalf of consumers, from exposing shady practices by secretive cable companies to pushing for action against dodgy payday lenders.
We've had a tremendous run as a standalone site. Now you'll be able to get the same great coverage of consumer issues as part of Consumer Reports, our parent organization.
Since they've defeated those secretive cable companies and payday lenders, I guess they had nothing left to do...
Additional coverage at the New York Post entitled "Consumerist site shuts down after alleged mismanagement".
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by optotronic on Thursday November 02 2017, @02:30AM (1 child)
I am a Consumer Reports fan. I have subscribed to the print magazine for decades, and to the online service for many years.
There have been some problems in the last couple years, such as: the use of slang and poor grammar in the print magazine, manufacturers figuring out how to make a product test well and last just long enough for the review to be printed, removing the date from the cover of the magazine (recently restored, fortunately), and too much print space used for pointless pictures.
However, they buy all the products they review and are therefore not beholden to anyone for the product rating. They provide the best rating and reliability information on automobiles. They provide the only useful reviews I've seen on interior and exterior house paint. They provide the most comprehensive product reviews I've seen for any products they review, with the possible exception of the computer and printer reviews in PC Magazine in their heyday. They also review home, auto, and health insurance, with less frequency and less breadth.
I wish they could do more with reliability information for most products. Autos are well covered. I recognize that most products these days have a short shelf life and if they waited to see how long they lasted the information might be useless by the time it was published. Still, there is probably room for improvement in large appliances and some other products. For shorter lived products, perhaps they could follow up on recently reviewed products more frequently.
I still find significant value in Consumer Reports and expect to subscribe for many more years.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 02 2017, @04:20AM
> They provide the best rating and reliability information on automobiles.
Personally, I'm a fan (and early member) of this relative newcomer, https://www.truedelta.com/ [truedelta.com] for reliability data.
The webmaster is pretty sharp with statistics and always publishes the sample sizes, along with a lot of supporting data and comments.