đ€Ż INCRĂVEL: 28 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality đČ
Few people love unmet expectations, and that goes for pretty much everything, from people and companies to items and services, among other things. Thatâs why itâs no surprise that when something does not live up to a certain standard, they can get quite upset.
As a matter of fact, roughly four-in-five customers have had an upsetting or a disappointing experience with a brand, which typically leads to some unfortunate consequences, be it blacklisting the brandâwhich 44% of unhappy people reportedly doâor sharing their negative feedback with those around themâthe means nearly 90% of them take.
The latter was seen to be true with members of the âAsk Redditâ community who were invited to share their opinions about the quality of certain brands. User âbapboopbeepâ asked them which ones were actively watering down their quality, and netizens didnât hold back their opinions. Scroll down to find their answers on the list below, and see what brands were no longer living up to the expectations in the eyes of these redditors.
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Netflix, Hulu, Prime video – pretty much all the streaming services. S**ttier content, introduction of ads, constant price increases for zero added value
Etsy used to have so many good products made by creative and talented people. But more and more Iâm seeing s**tty T-shirt prints and stuff from Amazon.
Google – the search engine is now the same as Alta Vista where you have to scroll past all the sponsored content you are not interested in and you tube is now showing 3 ads to watch a 20 second clip
I canât offer an example of a brand that isnât guilty of this. Cheap, poor quality, replaceable products and goods is literally the fuel of our global economy. No company makes their products to last a lifetime or even a decade that I can think of⊠everything from buildings, homes, cars, complete infrastructure to the little things like shoes, phones, T-shirts, lipstick⊠it is no longer a goal for products to last⊠quite the opposite- the shorter the lifespan, the more the consumer will replace, repurchase and reinvest. We are living in an era where the norm is to purposely withhold and prevent longevity. We have consciously become a society where progress is discouraged. We allow/accept lack of innovation and improvement because of the money flow that is generated from dependency on outdated and poor technologies by todayâs standards.
Dr Martens boots. Most of them are made in China now and even the Made in England Docs are made with inferior cheap leather and donât even have a shank. They are nothing more than fad fashion now.
Most toilet paper brands are shorter now, I noticed honey maid and nabisco graham crackers now only have 7 crackers per pack.. BUT most of all GOOGLE search all of a sudden [is bad] bad for some reason. Just last night I googled âwhat channel is Sundance on Charter Spectrumâ and I almost couldnât even find it. I had to click on like 6 different pages and reword my search multiple times before I finally found it. Thatâs just the most recent example I can think of but itâs gotten so bad I donât know what else to use honestly. Donât even get me started on YOUTUBE. Good lord the ads drive me insane. Sometimes thereâs up to 3 or 4 ad breaks on a 10min video. Theyâre skippable for the most part, but the way theyâre going, they wonât be skippable this time next year. Or there will be 6 ad breaks instead of 3 or 4. Itâs gotten to the point that I cant watch YouTube at night to fall asleep anymore on my tv because unless I actively hit skip every 3 minutes, I get stuck listening to a 2 minute ad about something [darn] stupid like click bait $200 bearskin hoodie or Chinese pos flashlight that I promise you I will never buy. Itâs not just YouTube though. Itâs Hulu, DIRECTV, Dish, cable, Netflix. Itâs everyone and I hate it. Like Iâm not going to buy anything you force me to watch I promise you. I pinky promise. Like 0% chance, all the ads do is interrupt the feeling of enjoyment im getting from your service and replace it with annoyance. God I hate ads. There has to be a better way. Our generation left cable and satellite for streaming services and YouTube to get away from the having to deal with ads.
Hasbro, Theyâve just fired 1500 staff a few weeks before Christmas. While their ceo Chris [private parts] earned a 9.5 million bonus. Disgusting. Their games are terrible quality, they have entered last stage capitalism and are grinding every penny out of their reputation
Subway. Used to make halfway decent sandwiches that were a pretty good deal. Now? Paper thin meat slices, fillers in the meat, browning gross veggies, three day old stale breadâŠfor $12 Hard pass.
McDonaldâs. Granted, they were never great (at least as long as Iâve been eating them). But over the past few years, Iâve definitely noticed a downward trend. Virtually anything you get from their menu is going to taste almost exactly the same. The only minor exception is the Quarter Pounder, but I donât feel like spending that much on a fast food burger often. Which brings me to my biggest complaint: most of their sandwiches have shrunk to about 2/3 of the original size, but the prices have somehow doubled or tripled.
Yankee Candle. Well, a lot of candles, but it [is bad] when such a big candle brand known for having amazing candles has fallen off so tremendously. Went into a Yankee Candle store and picked up my favorite candle, Red Apple Wreath, and could barely smell it with my nose held just aboce the wax. Genuinely got scared I had covid. Went home and opened the one I have that’s several years old and the scent filled the whole room without even having to light it. The quality really has gone downhill.Â
Cable tv stations – TBS, TNT, AMC, Sundance, Comedy Central, etc. All running the same shows for hours on end, repeating day after day, running cheap reality TV, with little variety and far less original content than their earlier days. And the commercial loading … off the charts. Utter garbage for maximum price.
If youâre Canadian, youâll know: Tim Hortons. What was once a beloved coffee shop brand that offered decent food and coffee has now become a pale imitation of itself. Burger King purchased it, like, (edit) 10 or so years ago, so itâs obvious why. A friend recently said that the owner is notorious for getting food down to the bare minimum of what people will accept and finding the profits there.
As a German I can say all German cars. Same as most German tools etc. American cars are the same bad quality but the old times of engineers building a part so it lasts the longest are long over. Any car which has an oil pump break before 200 000 km should be a warranty case. Same as any other part. The only breaking parts should be the engine after 250 000+ km for petrol and 500 000km+ for Diesel. Anything breaking before that is an absolute joke and should be covered by warranty. It is also a joke that Chinese car sellers give you a higher warranty on their cars than German ones… That says it all. Ps: I drive a Mercedes, but I’m just disappointed about the service. My grandfather only drove Mercedes and the service was beyond great and the cars were better.
Dollar Tree đ They used to sell everything for just $1.00. Then they raised everything to $1.25, I think just earlier this year or sometime in 2022. Now they’re adding in products for $3 and $5. It used to be I could go to Dollar Tree and feel like I could afford anything. Now I’m annoyed by the changes and don’t want to buy much of anything, only the specific items that I usually get there. They’re just becoming Dollar General and it’s gross and sad. đ
Not a certain brand but I think a lot of restaurant have gone down hill. The food just tastes average and rushed, but at the same time the prices are more than ever.
Breyerâs ice cream was a premium brand when I was younger. A bunch of years ago they changed and are now the crappy brand.
Didnât see this one, so Iâll throw it out there: Google products. Putting aside the more fundamental concerns about data privacy or ethics and all that. Just focused on quality for this. Search – itâs a mess. If I want an answer, I need to add Reddit to my search. There are no more finding relevant info from unique sites. Every result is branded seo stuff to filter you to some big entity in the space. It just isnât good at what itâs supposed to do. The chat AIs are only a threat to Google because search is so clearly just a money maker now, and not useful at all. YouTube – itâs a mess. Its search functions are almost worse than search, shorts are so annoying, ads get longer and longer. The way they compensate content creators kills the content. Easy example: I followed a channel of a guy who did these long video series, where heâd play a game and wax philosophical. It made them very popular and beloved in his niche. Now he only makes 5-10 minute quick videos released rapidly. He was asked why, and he said that the algorithms reward shorter content, posting more often. Longer videos just donât get promoted (probably because the ad ratios get lower). The google suite tools still work well (likely because those are sold to businesses so maintaining quality is more important). But their flagships, YouTube and search, are just no good. Too big to be replaced though, so itâs gonna be a long spiral downward for them.
Amazon. Iâve returned probably half of things Iâve ordered recently and Iâve been getting a lot of knock offs.Amazon. Iâve returned probably half of things Iâve ordered recently and Iâve been getting a lot of knock offs.
Dorito’s. Their sweet chili flavor is starting to become very bland. Pringles has already reached the point where whichever flavor you buy, it’s original.
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