On: Google Search Is Dying

[xeromal]

Consumer Reports. Since they are paid for subscriptions, they're able to afford to vet products with less influence to leave a good review.

You have to pay for quality journalism.

[nvarsj → xeromal]

Do you really trust CR? In the UK we have which.co.uk, which is similar and you have to subscribe to it. But I'm fairly sure they are shilling for some of their product categories after having subscribed a few times. Like, the mattress category is filled with mattress in a box companies, which are notorious for paying off websites/blogs to promote their products. I really don't trust any of these sites anymore.

[flatiron → nvarsj]

Personally I trust CR as they aren’t paid by ads but subscribers so it’s their benefit to be honest.

[xeromal → flatiron]

Exactly how I see it. They can try to double dip but as soon as someone finds out, they'll lose all their credibility.