I’ve been “burned” by Wirecutter many a time. While they have the best presentation of any product review site, and I’m a huge fan of the quality of the NYT’s work in general despite being on the opposite end of their bias spectrum, the reality is the site is little more than a prettified Amazon referral link aggregator.<p>The expensive house fan I bought (and exchanged for a new one with the same issue) made a constant rumble noise that made it difficult to fall asleep to - my $15 Honeywell had no issues.<p>The router I bought started dropping connections within a year.<p>The wireless extender I tried was terrible and also constantly dropped connections and was overall poorly made (Wirecutter made no mention of the loud coil whine).<p>The air purifier I bought on their recommendation makes a loud noise any time the house gets below a certain temperature.<p>The surge protector I bought reeked of that cheap chemically plastic smell that was especially common about 10 years ago but still apparently exists today. No mention on WC.<p>All of these issues, by the way, are corroborated by various Amazon reviewers, as much as I hate to give them much credence.<p>After that I stopped visiting the site. If you look at any review category it’s glaringly obvious they appear to either be receiving kickbacks or are just entirely ignoring extremely common products for whatever reason (Armandhammer detergent not tested? P&G/Tide is thrilled at not having to have the extra competition, I’m sure)<p>So yeah, they have a very hip presentation geared towards a very particular demo, but everything is not as it seems.<p>So I encourage this boycott as well. Both for Wirecutter and Amazon.