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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/righttorepair@lemmy.fmhy.ml

We never hear about broken and worn-out products. Pretty much all gear nowadays is baseline ok, it’s the negatives that really set things apart.

That's why I'm building ExitReviews to change the way people review products. Let's reflect upon how a product performed over its duration of service instead of when it first arrived and people haven’t spent much time with it to learn the quirks.

We can then build a collection of how long products last, where they break, and how to fix them. Even if certain products are not available anymore, it still gives a good picture of brand deterioration.

Let me know what you think! I'm sure this sub could contribute many submissions :)

Any thoughts on how to promote this community? It's currently still facing the chicken-egg problem, so we would need some PR or partnerships to make this popular.

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It would be good to group things by model type instead of explicit model numbers since many companies like maytag rotate model numbers to ditch poor reviews without a changing the product much.

[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Noted the company, thanks.

[-] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There's also no info on from when to when product was owned which can be important for certain products. I will send both feedbacks to the author later (If I remember to :x)

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the reminder about this site. Hopefully I'll remember the name next time something dies. It's not called exit reviews any more?

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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Right to Repair/Ownership

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde "oem" parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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