How certain are you that it's slop?

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookware-got-worse-on-purpose

Newell Brands bought Calphalon in 1998, promised nothing would change. It moved production to China, and closed the last American Calphalon plant outside Toledo at the end of 2023, 130 jobs.

There are a couple of bits of nonstandard grammar here that I wouldn't expect an #LLM to emit. Of course, it's possible that Sapp did the opposite of what many people do: got an LLM to write the article and then manually edited it for voice to disguise its origin. But I've not seen an LLM being as consistently critical of big companies as I've seen on this site; presumably the big #AI companies don't want to get sued.

@davidho @ckohtala

Dishwasher, agree on Bosch/Siemens, they only have cosmetic differences.
But stay away from Unreliable Smart features.

Washing Machines, Miele beats all, I had to repair my near 30 year old miele some time ago.
Parts were not cheap but readily available.

Fridge, I have one from Bosh Siemens, it has a design flaw, the condensation pipe runs to a motor evaporation tray, the whole pipe and tray thing fills with stinking mold and maggots.
That no matter how often I clean the crap..

Thanks!

That makes me not trust the content either. (Which is also using fairly sensationalist language.)

The idea is great, but using enshittification to call out enshittification is ... ironic to borderline insulting.

But what this particular article boils down to is that trusted high quality brands like Sabatier, Pyrex, Corning Wear, Tupperware are no longer made by the original companies or in the original countries.

New owners have cut corners to increase profits and as a result quality, safety and guarantees have been seriously diminished and eroded. But we are still paying high prices for the name we used to trust.

This seriously pissed me off, as I have trusted Sabatier and Pyrex in particular and bought them for myself and family for the past fifty years.

one could say… its… worse on purpose?

Edit: Disappointed to learn this is AI-generated. Hopefully the analysis itself holds up.

Just a note to people that the fediverse is worldwide. Perhaps mentioning the country that an article deals with would be helpful to others.

Would be interested to know if the author is using LLM-assisted writing. It has a bit of that flavour to me, but maybe it's just their style.