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After a full year of not thinking about printers, the best printer is still whatever random Brother laser printer that’s on sale.

The Verge published this spam article about the “best printers of 2024” to demonstrate how terrible Google’s search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search “best printer” on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Idk that sounds like a dangerous way to lock yourself into dealing with some bullshit for years to come but fair play. I’m certainly glad I didn’t buy a microwave this way.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I can see that your microwave is important to you, but to me “I don’t care” doesn’t really capture how little I care about my microwave.

      I think the one we have is probably the cheapest available when we bought it 8 years ago. The buying decision probably took less than 1 minute, without hyperbole. I only ever use one button, I just press start n times until the timer says something reasonable.

      When buying this stuff I don’t really see a risk of being locked into any bullshit because all microwaves can perform their basic function of heating food.

      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Some of them do it worse, others require extra bullshit. Idk I also don’t really care and rarely use it, but It seems you’re lucky as well because most modern microwaves I’ve seen don’t have the ability to start it as quickly and easily, and one particular one at my S.O.'s place has a software glitch that requires it to be unplugged and plugged back in if you dont press a random button alongside start etc.

        • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Sorry this just isn’t my experience. I’ve never encountered a microwave which doesn’t start when you press start. If I had one that was faulty I would discard it and buy another one for $20.

          • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Well I’m glad you’ve been lucky but that’s all it is, you’re a bit out of touch.

            Faulty

            It’s not faulty, it is that way by design. And this is basically the standard nowadays. Just look at most TVs - trying to open an app on one is like pulling teeth, it lags to high heaven just navigating a menu.

            Microwaves might be cheap ($20 though? Jeez where do you live! They start at £50-£80 minimum here) but I was just using that as an example to prove the point. Boilers aren’t cheap.