“Why yes, my overpriced fake leather nostolgiabait shoes that have nothing in it, dont come in wide, and gives people pla tar fasciitis is muxh better than the other overpriced fake leather hipsterbait shoe!!!”
And then kids will literally screech in the damn store if they dont get their shitty nike shoe, becayse its about the NAME of the BRAND!!!
FUCK OFF SNEAKERHEADS YOU ALL SUCK!!!
When I need something quality I always look up what enthusiast forums have to say on the subject for this reason - but even that’s not a foolproof strategy anymore given how much astroturfing goes on in online communities now. You’ve gotta find a forum from the 2000s that still uses BBCode to be sure you’re reading actual people’s opinions.
Yeah sadly the reviews on websites like Amazon are a lot of times completely meaningless. I know some brands that give away free stuff for reviews (I’m amazed it’s even allowed) on certain tech websites and forums. I mean if you give people stuff for free then it rarely happens they will be negative about it so it’s basically paid shilling (being paid with a “free” product).
Also a lot of consumers who “review” something do it almost immediately after purchase. Especially with low quality cheap crap that means you will never know if someone is still satisfied with it after a few months since most people don’t bother to redo their review “it’s only 20 euros”.