smcin 10 months ago

Consumer reports that you pay for, or at least websites that have a policy of avoiding or declaring conflicts-of-interest, seem to be the reasonable middle-ground.

  • hakfoo 10 months ago

    I noticed recently actually seeing "Consumer Reports Best Buy" listed in ad copy for some products.

    For decades they were extremely assertive about not licensing that sort of stuff out, to the point where advertisers used to say "A leading consumer magazine" if they wanted to hint about that.

ghaff 10 months ago

Some magazines have been able to maintain quality better than others. Especially if there was outside funding from someone who had a real connection/passion. I'm not sure there was anyone at the helm of Forbes who cared at that point.

cynicalsecurity 10 months ago

Not to become villains and scammers, obviously. That's the bare minimum of what you should not become no matter how bad your business is going.