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30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Netflix, Hulu, Prime video - pretty much all the streaming services. S**ttier content, introduction of ads, constant price increases for zero added value

weech , Anastasia Shuraeva Report

Final score:

232points

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Richard Campbell 10 months ago

Streaming is becoming exactly like cable tv was. And podcasts are becoming exactly what network radio was. The exact thing that was appealing about them was that they were different from the corporate bollocks. Now it’s all the same. Monoculture is destroying quality of life in every dimension

110points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Etsy used to have so many good products made by creative and talented people. But more and more I’m seeing s**tty T-shirt prints and stuff from Amazon.

TonyThePapyrus , Kevin Menajang Report

Final score:

217points

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Lyone Fein 10 months ago

Yes. As a former Etsy vendor I want to comment on this. I make and design unique jewelry. When I first started a shop site on Etsy around 2008, the people selling items on the platform were all individual artists and craftspeople. I know Etsy is even older than this, but that's as far back as my own experience goes. At that time they had a very strict policy that the person selling an item had to be the person who hand crafted the item (except for 2 categories of goods: craft supplies and vintage/antiques). They had methods of investigating cases where people seemed to be not in compliance with this policy, like requiring you to send multiple photos of your studio and of your creation process, etc. This began to change dramatically after about 2015. I think there were just too many vendors to monitor. Plus they started a very bad cycle of raising vendor fees accompanied by loosening of the rules of who could sell items on Etsy.

187points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Prime just announced they are adding advertising to their movies. Bastards.

Eucentric , Thibault Penin Report

Final score:

213points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 10 months ago

Ah,but for just an extra £2.99 per month, you can go ad-free...for now!

55points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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

kanemano , Pixabay Report

Final score:

199points

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Richard Campbell 10 months ago

Google is trash now. It’s mostly just a paid filtering service and it’s very difficult to get good search results from it anymore.

71points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Lately it feels more like which brand ISNT watering down their quality and quantity tbh.

Noodlelicious11 , Craig Adderley Report

Final score:

181points

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PFD 10 months ago

Enshittification (I wonder how the BP censorware will handle that?)

59points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Disney. I hate to say it, but more recent movies just don’t have the same charm as they used to

I_Have_A_Name37654 , Brandon Report

Final score:

163points

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Virgil Blue 10 months ago

Recently I was watching some older Disney movies and yes, current Disney can't compete with its older stuff. And since I hadn't seen the movie before (Tarzan) there were no nostalgia goggles at play here.

34points

Appliance companies. My folks have a 35 year old hotpoint refrigerator that is still running strong. Meanwhile a chip on the motherboard in my 3 year old GE refrigerator fried itself and now it won’t dispense water or ice. My Samsung dishwasher shit the bed after two years, and same with my Rheem water heater. Their quality is going down the drain but “OmG mY fRiDgE hAs WiFi :)”

FormerStuff Report

Final score:

163points

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Milady Blue 10 months ago

Why, exactly, do appliances need WiFi?

111points

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality I can’t offer an example of a brand that isn’t 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 today’s standards.

Away_Coast_2558 , Mikhail Nilov Report

Final score:

140points

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JoNo 10 months ago

Not helped by online megastores such as Shein and Temu.

68points

#10

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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 don’t even have a shank.

They are nothing more than fad fashion now.

Zimbo2016 , Kilian Seiler Report

Final score:

134points

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Erin Geiger 10 months ago

I should have kept my docs from the 90's. I swear, fashion trends start over every 25 years.

16points

#11

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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 sucks bad for some reason. Just last night I googled “what channel is Sundance on Charter Spectrum” and I almost couldn’t even find it. I had to click on like 6 different pages and reword my search multiple times before I finally found it. That’s just the most recent example I can think of but it’s gotten so bad I don’t know what else to use honestly.

Don’t even get me started on YOUTUBE. Good lord the ads drive me insane. Sometimes there’s up to 3 or 4 ad breaks on a 10min video. They’re skippable for the most part, but the way they’re going, they won’t be skippable this time next year. Or there will be 6 ad breaks instead of 3 or 4. It’s 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 fucking stupid like click bait $200 bearskin hoodie or Chinese pos flashlight that I promise you I will never buy.

It’s not just YouTube though. It’s Hulu, DIRECTV, Dish, cable, Netflix. It’s everyone and I hate it. Like I’m 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.

BabbMrBabb , Vlada Karpovich Report

Final score:

120points

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Sue User 10 months ago

My generation left over the air ( broadcast ) tv for cable because we were willing to pay NOT to have ads. That was the deal. The consumers paying to replace ad revenue.

53points

#12

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Hasbro,

They’ve just fired 1500 staff a few weeks before Christmas. While their ceo Chris Cocks 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

jasperfilofax , Mooshuu Report

Final score:

109points

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J P 10 months ago

Popping in to say that his single bonus would've paid a 60k gross salary for each of those fired employees.

84points

#13

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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 bread…for $12

Hard pass.

yada_u , Linzi Report

Final score:

107points

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Atero 10 months ago (edited)

Agree. I find them uneatable nowadays.

18points

#14

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality McDonald’s.

Granted, they were never great (at least as long as I’ve been eating them). But over the past few years, I’ve 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 don’t 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.

UsefulIdiot85 Report

Final score:

106points

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Richard Campbell 10 months ago

McDonald’s needs to die

44points

HotResponsibility829 Report

#15

Health insurance.

Final score:

104points

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Nunya Biznaz 10 months ago

Wouldn't know the quality of it. Can't afford to have it!

33points

#16

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Yankee Candle. Well, a lot of candles, but it sucks 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.

moonflannel , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

96points

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BirdMom 10 months ago

Yankee Candle quality dropped dramatically years ago when the original owner sold the company. They immediately cut back on the scented oil they use and raised the prices. I think they also started to focus more on accessories than the actual candle. I've heard that the son of the original Yankee CEO started Kringle Candle and that they are better quality.

39points

#17

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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.

1KinderWorld , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

95points

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Nimues Child 10 months ago

They call those stations "zombie TV", now.

17points

#18

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Levis. Every new pair I bought had a problem.

SLObro152 , Jimi A. Report

Final score:

91points

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PSimms 10 months ago

I have three pairs of Levi's that are exact same "size" and same style number - but one pair fits, one pair is too small and one pair is too large. Terrible quality control.

78points

#19

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Panera.

Just what the world needs. A thimble full of soup for $12.

BoredBSEE , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

84points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

A whole thimble full? Wow!

11points

#20

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality If you’re Canadian, you’ll 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 it’s 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.

Fragrant-Policy4182 , Ron Bulovs Report

Final score:

84points

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Owen 10 months ago

Also, their windows are cheap.

51points

#21

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.

Unknown-U Report

Final score:

80points

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Bamboozled 10 months ago

I have a Mercedes. It has just turned 3 years old. 7 days before the warranty expired, the engine management light came on. It needed a new cylinder head. Over 25 hours of labour needed, thankfully still under warranty. Mercedes know there is an issue with the part but refuse to honour the repairs for those unfortunate souls who are out of warranty, leaving them with a huge bill.

34points

#22

Dollar Tree :( 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. :(

moosboosh Report

Final score:

79points

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Annymoose 10 months ago

Dollar stores are a huge scam. You get less product per dollar than anywhere else. But people still think it's cheap.

37points

#23

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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.

bakedlikeabean , Helena Lopes Report

Final score:

66points

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Andres Tejeda 10 months ago

This mostly applies to chain restaurants. There is still plenty of Mom and Pop places offering great food for affordable prices.

45points

#24

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Breyer’s ice cream was a premium brand when I was younger. A bunch of years ago they changed and are now the crappy brand.

DeaddyRuxpin , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

65points

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Richard Campbell 10 months ago

I read that first as ‘samosas’ 😆.

75points

#25

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Didn’t see this one, so I’ll 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 - it’s 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 isn’t good at what it’s 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 - it’s 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 he’d 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 don’t 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 it’s gonna be a long spiral downward for them.

CarpeValde , Valeri Mak Report

Final score:

63points

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Ample Aardvark 10 months ago

"search is so clearly just a money maker now" - absolutely! It's a huge difference from even a few years ago

15points

#26

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Amazon. I’ve returned probably half of things I’ve ordered recently and I’ve been getting a lot of knock offs.Amazon. I’ve returned probably half of things I’ve ordered recently and I’ve been getting a lot of knock offs.

Honest-qs , Super Straho Report

Final score:

59points

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The Original Bruno 10 months ago

Amazon is NOT a manufacturer. If you order cheap, Chinese Temu c**p, you get cheap, Chinese Temu c**p. My problem with Amazon is they're doing a LOT of bait-and-switch buy selling prioritized searches which put poor matches on top.

42points

WonderWoman 10 months ago

And the reviews are phony AF - can no longer trust if the product is going to be any good by reading the reviews.

7points

Mini Muppet 10 months ago

SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS.

8points

David 10 months ago

That's great and all IF they have the product I am looking for and IF it does not cost a lot more. I'm poor. When I can find the product I actually want and the price is the same or close to same I try to purchase local. But "buy everything local" is often a rich man's game.

7points

howdylee 10 months ago

It's all cheap made-in-china c**p now with very sketchy listings that have bad English & contradictory info.

8points

Ben 10 months ago

No more two day shipping, knock-offs, horrible quality, and they now charge more money. Not to mentions more ads. I have quit using them. I hope Amazon has peaked on its bell curve and will start going down.

4points

Brindle Nutter 10 months ago

Chinese junk sellers have taken over Amazon

3points

me McG 10 months ago

Maybe you should consider not being a Repeat customer. Maybe you should consider not being a Repeat customer.

3points

Vessa J 9 months ago

Haha

0points

Alex Smith 10 months ago

Same!! I do not believe the ratings anymore either. They have to be fake.

3points

Bamboozled 10 months ago

Or you order an expensive item and get sent a rubbish sci-fi paperback instead. To ge fair, I got my money back quickly using their bot assistant but it's very annoying.

3points

Miki 10 months ago (edited)

I am buying on amazon only if both following conditions are met: 1) I can't find it anywhere else in the Internet, 2) I really really really REALLY want it. Amazon service is the worst!

3points

Thomas Ewing 10 months ago

I have no problems with Amazon at all, and the vendors are prompt and courteous.

2points

David 10 months ago

We must be purchasing different products. I have never returned anything from Amazon and have rarely been disappointed. The one items that comes to mind is a pair of gloves that were grossly undersized compared to what their size chart said. They were only about $10 so I gave them to a friend with smaller hands rather then bother with a return. But otherwise I have been very happy. TV wall mounts, phones, phone cases, glass, styluses, clothing, travel bag, dry bag, microscope slides, all sorts of stuff.

2points

Grenelda Thurber 10 months ago

Searching for anything has become so frustrating on Amazon. If I'm looking for a Yoda hand puppet, I don't need to dig through 15 "sponsored," "similar" items displayed that are completely unrelated to what I searched for. Show me the Yoda hand puppets that are available FFS

2points

James016 10 months ago

There is a difference between something being sold by Amazon and being sold through Amazon. Returning when it is the latter can be impossible.

2points

Erik Biesemeier 10 months ago

Opening to third parties was a huge mistake. If I want to risk getting counterfeit items I'll use ebay; the nice thing about Amazon was that the thing advertised was the thing you got.

1point

PattyK 10 months ago

Amazon has outgrown their britches. They sell too much junk, and their search engine gets me to what I’m looking for only half the time. If I’m buying a book and enter the exact title and author, why do a dozen or more titles come up that have nothing to do with the book I want? And why does stuff come up that aren’t even books? For shame, Amazon.

1point

Ixanga Cancun 10 months ago

With Amazon results sort by bestsellers, price low to high etc, and watch the number of products in the search results go down. The lowest number are the genuine products because no one paid to have their product promoted. Featured sort returns the highest and fakest.

1point

Deb M.F. 10 months ago

I ordered a piece of clothing recently off amazon and I have prime so I don't buy anything that's not covered with prime shipping. When the product was shipped, the seller stated I wanted expedited shipping and added $50 shipping fee!!!!! It was a $14 product! I refused the product and it went back to them. I demanded a full refund of both the product cost and shipping costs, Still waiting for it a week later. Amazon has gone to $hit!!

1point

80 Van 10 months ago

Deja vu.

1point

Adrienne Kushner 10 months ago

I always have good luck with Amazon. I know to read the descriptions and reviews before buying. I think I only returned something once in over 10 years.

0points

Donna Sempek 10 months ago

I don’t drive and live on the San Bernardino mountain. Amazon will deliver to the door so I order out of necessity.

0points

jmdirks 10 months ago (edited)

And no longer two day delivery for prime members. Ordered smart light bulbs three days ago and they still haven't shipped.

0points

Laura Williams 10 months ago

Watch out for new return policy that puts the item back on your card despite returning it.

0points

Ken Beattie 10 months ago

My problem with Amazon (and Ebay) is that blatant false advertising is going on. The title of the item is something like "MSI 30" 4k monitor" and the pictures show that. But when you look at the fine print it's actually a different model, something like a "MSI 27" HD monitor". So if you aren't super careful when buying you're not going to get what you expected. I've reported multiple entries that are listed in this way and have not seen even one cleaned up. I'm going to start reporting them to our consumer protection authority from now on.

0points

Toothless Feline 10 months ago

Before you buy anything on Amazon, do a reverse image search on the item. It will reveal most knockoffs and bait-and-switch garbage. Also check the price history with a tool like CamelCamelCamel. Finally, the best way to weed out the garbage listings is to restrict your search results to listings that are eligible for Prime shipping (you can do this regardless of whether you actually have a Prime membership). Amazon holds those listings to stricter requirements, and usually requires the vendor to ship from Amazon’s warehouses, which would reveal many scams and knockoffs before they can ship.

0points

lawrence Andrew 10 months ago

A lot of the third party vendors sell the same stuff as alli express only 4 times the price for faster shipping. Same with Walmart.

0points

v 10 months ago

If you're getting bad products via Amazon it's because you're making bad choices on which vendor you're buying from.

0points

John Harrison 10 months ago

My Amazon experiences have been fine. Not sure what all the griping is about.

0points

Amir Ahmed Asif 10 months ago

Bought from Amazon; after I opened it, next day, the price dropped by $100 *in Amazon site, NOT outside seller*. Asked in chat if they would do adjustment of price. I was asked: return the one I have and buy again. Just waste of logistics, and my opened electronics is becoming open box. Just a waste!

0points

michael Chock 10 months ago

Amazon itself sells ripoffs of their biggest selling items and gives their ripoffs priority listing.

0points

Cecelia Smith 10 months ago

and if you live in Hawaii and pay for Prime, it often takes 3 weeks!!! to get your order. Unbelievable!

0points

SlightlyTarnished 10 months ago

So don't shop online. Why is this so difficult?

-1point

#27

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Anything candy with chocolate.

a1ien51 , Gül Işık Report

Final score:

57points

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Nimues Child 10 months ago

Especially in the US, where candy companies have replaced sugar with corn syrup - giving it that sicky-sweet taste. Hershey even tried to get the FDA to redefine chocolate guidelines to make it easier to cut quality and costs. I haven't had a Hershey bar since.

35points

#28

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Kahlua is literally watering down their product, ABV went from 25% to 22% to 18%

murse_joe , alyssalaurel Report

Final score:

48points

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Ace 10 months ago

Depends on the market and customs/duty regulations. 18% is set as a limit between 'wines' and 'spirits' in many places (e.g. the EU and neighbouring countries) so you're able to import more of it duty free and even when it's duty paid it has a much lower tarrif.

19points

#29

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Pop-Tart

Wtf happened to their frosting placement

kingnimbus , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

46points

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Lyone Fein 10 months ago

Honestly though, I was just reflecting on why pop tart pastry has always been so flavorless and crumbly. Like why have they never improved on their dough?

17points

#30

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality 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.

eggtart_prince , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

46points

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Sleepy Panda 10 months ago

Not to mention pringles shrank their chips to about half their size, but they’ve doubled in price!

20points

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#31

Little Debbie Snack Cakes. They taste like sugar and wax.

CommissionUnlucky525 Report

Final score:

21points

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Sue User 10 months ago

My brother swears Little Debbie is helping other companies by buying their waste and incorporating it into their products. Little Debbie does have celluous , which is carbohydrate that comprises the woody parts and cell walls of plants. It is a type of dietary fiber found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and cereals. The cellulose added to processed foods usually comes from wood pulp (saw dust) or cotton lint.

2points

#32

Anything that Kohl's sells. I bought a pair of jeans there just 2 months ago and there's already crotch holes somehow...2. Goddamn. Months.

pineyfusion Report

Final score:

20points

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iseefractals 10 months ago

It's every clothing brand, thanks to the rise of "fast fashion" I've been in romania for...almost 13 years, my wife was born here. A few years ago my wife decided she wanted to learn how to sew, so she got a job at a clothing factory (basically a sweat shop) They made everything, Armani, Marc Jacobs, Fenti, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger....and H&M, forever 21....employees were paid a bit less than $3 an hour, everyone had their specific job al la assembly line, and the same, exact materials were used for the $20 H&M shirt, as for the $800 Fenti dress. My wife did the math one day, when they were making an order of $1800 jackets, including materials AND labor, each jacket cost about 60 cents to manufacture.

14points

#33

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Craftsman tools. The drills used to be competitive, now everything has to be Milwaukee, which is triple the price.

SpencerAgnew69 , Ono Kosuki Report

Final score:

18points

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Nimues Child 10 months ago

Craftman tools have gone the way of Sears' other brands, like Kenmore. Complete cr*p and a waste of money.

11points

#34

Lands End and L.L. Bean. They used to have great gear—coats were solid quality and great for cold winters. I bought a Lands End coat—their “warmest” rating—and I’d be shocked if it kept me warm during break-up. Cheap fabric and awful quality. L.L. Bean was just as bad. Returned both. Eddie Bauer is still solid.

1lazyintellectual Report

Final score:

18points

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MrsFettesVette 10 months ago

I have noticed their quality is much worse, a pair of slippers I bought there were worn through the heel after a few months.

2points

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#35

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Cadbury

JustEstablishment594 , NINXIVI Report

Final score:

17points

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Ace 10 months ago

I think the genuine UK product is still the same. but ever since they were bought by Hershey 15-odd years ago they've also been making a lot of inferior product in the US 9and elsewhere?) but using the same branding.

4points

#36

Old Navy. Anything clothing.

dviivi Report

Final score:

17points

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Flora Porter 10 months ago

Gap, so inevitable I guess. In the late 80s and 90s, you could always get good quality cotton basics but they're long gone, for women, anyway.

1point

#37

Bath and Body Works used to have Vitamin E in their body wash. Expensive—buy on clearance—but effective for dry skin.

Now they switched to B5 instead and it doesn’t really work. Trying to buy the older formula ones off of eBay now

DoctorGarfanzo Report

Final score:

14points

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Couragetcd 10 months ago

I did not realize they had made that switch. It's been a while since I stocked up. I'll have to see what my bottles list.

1point

#38

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Lululemon, my aligns from 5 years ago are only just pilling a bit, my aligns from 3 months ago started pilling before I even washed them, they also have some loose threads.

vareenoo , Derick McKinney Report

Final score:

13points

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 10 months ago

I don't understand this at all

11points

#39

Chef Boyardee ravioli used to have rich sauce. Ever since the pandemic it's watery, and plain tasting.

JamesRitchey Report

Final score:

13points

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Ace 10 months ago

You know that dulling or loss of the senses of taste and smell is a symptom of COVID, right?

2points

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#40

Surprised no one has said this yet but Fanatics, the sports gear store. They are TRASH now.

Back when they first started several years ago it used to be a good store with good service that was basically another place to buy your fan gear from. Now, they have exclusive licensing for merchandise for all the major sports leagues and as a result the “Fanatics Branded” merchandise they make (so like your standard team shirt or hat for example) is trash quality and they charge out the nose for it. Shipping is expensive and takes weeks for it to come and the customer service is basically nonexistent. Oh and they charge $9.99 for shipping if you return something but they’ll “waive the return shipping charge” if you take your refund in the form of a store credit so they’re literally holding your money hostage.

I once ordered a shirt from them that was clearly defective when it showed up (the logo was crooked). As much as I never want to be rude to customer service people, I basically had to throw a temper tantrum to get them to waive the return shipping charge when they initially said no, even though the item was defective (they ultimately did “just this one time as a courtesy”…..literally their words).

Look at @FanaticsSucks on Twitter for so many examples of why they’re so bad.

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Final score:

13points

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#41

As someone that worked for Macys for over a year...Macys

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13points

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Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago

Macy's are the Borg. Cry for the lost. Filene's, Jordan Marsh, Burdine's....

6points

#42

Whole Foods! Shopped there for Christmas dinner and 2 ingredients were rancid when we opened them. Their stock is also abysmal - could hardly find the basics we needed.

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12points

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MaryHadaLittleLamb 10 months ago

They've gone down since Amazon bought them.

3points

#43

I used to work for a brand and we weren't as much as watering down, ask much as we were replacing water with sugar. So much sugar. I suspect that this is true for other brands too.

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12points

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#44

Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch whisky is their “top of the line” blend, but most agree that it’s way overpriced for what it is. It isn’t even a blended malt, like the cheaper and superior Green Label - it contains generic grain alcohol mixed with malt whiskies.

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Final score:

12points

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Donald 10 months ago

I always found Johnnie Walker Platinum to be the best bang for your buck in their line up. Just as smooth as Blue Label and tbh I preferred that it had a stronger flavor because I prefer bourbon. It was 1/2-1/3 the price for a 750mL and they stopped making it. Bastards.

1point

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#45

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality Target. Target used to be the best for decorations for different holidays. Now the pickings are slim and sad. There's more stuff if you shop their online store but it's not great. I don't need a Halloween tree, I need costumes.

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Final score:

11points

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Vermonta 10 months ago

The Targets closed in Portland because of the frequent theft.

1point

#46

Nabisco. Their products feel and taste like cardboard now, not to mention that they’re 2x smaller than they used to be.

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Final score:

11points

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JoNo 10 months ago

Both product and packaging are smaller, but the price remained the same - or increased!

2points

#47

30 Brands That Have Absolutely Watered Down Their Quality The "Native" brand products you can usually find at target. The body lotion is like straight water and several other people have said that too.

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Final score:

10points

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Bmo 10 months ago

They were bought out several years ago. I stopped buying them once it happened. Lots of those 'natural' brands were bought out.

0points

#48

Digiorno pizza went through shrinkflation. I used to buy their crispy pan pepperoni pizza and now I can’t find it in stores. What replaced it is Detroit style pizza that’s about 25% smaller.

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Final score:

9points

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keyboardtek 10 months ago

Everything in this post is because millionaires want to become billionaires. The people at the top of the capitalist manure heap just keep on sucking the value out of everything for greed. But for some reason, a huge percentage of people think those billionaires do not need to pay taxes.

5points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#49

american eagle. not the jeans. the t shirts, sweaters, pullovers, etc.

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Final score:

9points

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#50

The Seattle Mariners baseball team. Indisputable.

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Final score:

3points

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Nimues Child 10 months ago (edited)

Boston Red Sox, too. 2023 was the first year we didn't even watch a Sox game on television. We used to save up to go to Fenway every year. Don't get me wrong, I am still a fan. But my Care-O-Meter is as low as ownership's interest in the team.

4points

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Caroline Sinclair 10 months ago

Please add Bored Panda to this list. I am about to leave due to the new intrusive and noisy ads.

44points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

This site has been going downhill every since 2021. Once they started with the horrible censorship and negative AITA posts, I knew that something was wrong. They have staff that have degrees in photography, linguistics, literature, and art yet all they do is copy-and-paste c**p from Reddit. It is truly mind-boggling and honestly kind of sad. This used to be a quirky website that celebrated artwork from around the web and posted light-hearted articles. Now, they've become so extremely negative. They have NO moderator on this site and don't even listen to their readers.

26points

William Teach 10 months ago

I don't like how the majority of posts are about "AITA", this person complaining, lots of negative stuff

10points

Jesha 10 months ago

Use firefox and the uBlock origin add-on. I don't see any ads and it's bliss.

3points

MoMcB 10 months ago

And the infomercial posts you can't comment on.

1point

LCB 10 months ago

OH MY WORD YOU READ MY MIND! Totally agree- it's absolute b******t

0points

CG 10 months ago

I do have my own gripes with BP. Allowing AI articles despite being downvoted like crazy, AITA posts, ads like crazy (including as entire articles), and notifications still popping up despite being read (dunno if that's just a unique issue to me, but I keep seeing 13 notifications when I go back to the main page).

0points

Mushy “MushyWaffle” Waffles 10 months ago

put uBlock Origin on your browser... it gets rid of these and even removes ads from youtube. I wouldn't surf without an ad-blocker.

0points

SlightlyTarnished 10 months ago

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Terri Alyea 10 months ago

As we scroll through the article and now get the added enjoyment of an add thanks bored panda

19points

David Bowlby 10 months ago

BP is definitely watering down and it makes me a sad panda.

15points

Appalachian Panda 10 months ago

Bored Panda with its excessive number of animated ads for stupid s**t I don't need.

14points

Cecile Visscher 10 months ago

Bored Oanda itself. I used to enjoy reading BP on my phone in the train bit now with the loud adds not anymore...

10points

Piet Zwanenburg 10 months ago

Bored Panda would be a great example, with the annoying as hell adds.

10points

PoAngielsku 10 months ago

Bored Panda. All the "you need this" shopping posts are all getting -200 points now. Not to mention all the fake AITA stories from Reddit. Plus the censorship.

8points

Murphy 10 months ago

Bored Panda. Never used to have ads. Now I have to watch an ad anytime I want to go to a new post

8points

Thenatural 10 months ago

As I scroll down through Bored Panda games keep on popping up even though I try to avoid them ;so I absolutely will not download any of out of general principle even if the game looks fantastic...

8points

DB 10 months ago

Most auto parts brands. Bosch for example. Used to be made in Germany and Italy. Now their parts are made in China.

6points

Edward Finger Hands 10 months ago

Came here to say Bored Panda—glad to see I’m not the only one. You used to be able to use an ad blocker and still see the site. Can’t anymore. I barely bother anymore.

4points

William Teach 10 months ago

So many of these have to do with the fallout from COVID, but, I'll add Rockport. They got bought out way before COVID, and their shoes are now terrible. They bend at the wrong spot near your toes, aren't that comfortable, and do not last.

3points

Wintermute 10 months ago

This! I used to love their shoes, but the last pair I bought fell apart where they replaced stitches with glue in less than 2 months.

3points

Kevin Hickey 10 months ago

Welcome to capitalism. It's the same story over and over: 1.) Human creates a great product and decides to sell it to people. 2.) People love it 3.) Business expands and is eventually taken over by a corporate entity 4.) Product turns to 5HlT

2points

Nadine 10 months ago

LlBean.

1point

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

I got a pair of hot Doc Marten Mary Janes for Christmas and have gotten so many compliments on them.

1point

walkabout 10 months ago

Carhartt. Any of their men's pants greater than a 35" waist are cut from standard pelvic size with infinite long inseams. They are cut to length by the manufacturer per demand. The result is that the crotch's crutch point hangs down half way between the knee and cross point. Walking in them causes friction at the front upper thigh. Furthermore the polyethylene insulation is useless. The clothing just isn't warm anymore.

1point

Rostit. . 10 months ago

If you use chrome or firefox or edge, install this ad blocker. works great on ads infected sites like this. https://ublockorigin.com/

1point

Ryan Mercer 10 months ago

OMG pandas. This is the greatest outpouring of negativity I've ever seen on this sight. Frankly, a lot of it is 1st world problems. I mean, there is competition. Take your money somewhere else if you're so offended. Just say'n.

0points

CG 10 months ago (edited)

I'd say two brands/companies have dropped down in quality a bit. 1: The MCU. Every entry up until No Way Home has mostly either been solid or very enjoyable. The quality has dropped heavily as of 2021. I just don't get excited for the MCU anymore. 2: Video game developer Naughty Dog. Was riding very high with the 1-2 combo of the Uncharted franchise and the first Last of Us game. Since 2020? The Last of Us 2 is a massive disappointment (due to a bad story), and they've "remade" the Last of Us 1 again while asking a high price ($89.99 Canadian), and not doing much to improve it aside from making it look nicer. Hell, they are making a "remaster" of Last of Us 2 in January... AKA: Making a visually nice game look nicer on PS5, but overcharging for it and not improving any short comings of the original.

0points

Crystal Pearson 10 months ago

The irony of this Ad by bored panda who has watered themselves down rapidly

0points

Adam Michael 10 months ago

I'd say apple phones should be on the list but remembered they've consistently been years behind anything else technology wise whilst being 3-4 times more expensive.

0points

Brindle Nutter 10 months ago

This was a depressing article....

0points

Steven 10 months ago

Overly pessimistic. Many high quality products are available, some from the same sources mentioned!

0points

PattyK 10 months ago

Land’s End. Used to have high-quality clothing that lasted forever. Now they’ve gone to cheaper fabrics and poor workmanship. Sigh.

0points

DarkViolet 10 months ago (edited)

Back in the day, Lane Bryant Catalog (now Woman Within) used to sell great-quality clothing for women size 14 and up. Nowadays, the quality has gone down. Their bras are not sewn, but glued. The color choices are not very appealing, and the materials are subject to damage. And good luck with the shoes. Only certain boots are made of leather; everything else is either made of "leather-like" or "suede-like" material. I have been ordering from them for 45 years, and I can't say when I've been more disappointed in a company that caters more to the 20-somethings than to the more mature women who put them and kept them in the public eye.

0points

ZannaMarwen 10 months ago

If ads are a problem for you, switch to Firefox as your main browser and get the extensions AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, and SponsorBlock for YouTube. Choose Duck Duck Go as your main search engine instead of Google. All of that is free and your online experience will be much better. I also pay for YouTube Premium just to get rid of the ads; it's worth it to me. Hope that helps!

0points

B Jones 10 months ago (edited)

I'll say Big Lots. I live near one and used to shop there. They take in overstock items. I used to find great deals on chips and some canned food, sparkling water and sometimes shampoo/conditioner. All name brand stuff. They started changing a year or so before COVID and now it's mostly their own store branded items for almost the same price or more as full grocery prices, and what few name brand stuff they do get is maybe 10 or 20 cents off. Literally the reason most people I know weren't there is gone, it's just like a retail store now. I'll miss those super cheap Snyder pretzels they often had

0points

Ed Wellman 10 months ago

Typical of a failing society. Unfortunately it’s all about the Benjamin’s now. I notice the change in sizing and cost increases in almost everything nowadays. Less for more is the new bi-phrase. I realize it may not be realistic everywhere but buying locally produced products ,farmers markets seems to be the only place to find value for your money.

0points

Hans Georg 10 months ago

Have I missed Superdry? Bought a sweater. First time washed, pilling. Had cheaper clothes which didn't do that after multiple times washing.

0points

David Paterson 10 months ago (edited)

Disagree with almost all of those, sorry. Either it's a product not available in my country, or one I've never used. Or a product that has been going steadily downhill for the best part of a hundred years, one that was never any good in the first place, or no worse now than it always has been. I think it must be a country by country thing.

0points

Bored something 10 months ago

Agree with you there David. I think the only one I related to was docs and I've not worn them for 20yrs.

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Mark Kelly 10 months ago

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Caroline Sinclair 10 months ago

Please add Bored Panda to this list. I am about to leave due to the new intrusive and noisy ads.

44points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

26points

William Teach 10 months ago

I don't like how the majority of posts are about "AITA", this person complaining, lots of negative stuff

10points

Jesha 10 months ago

Use firefox and the uBlock origin add-on. I don't see any ads and it's bliss.

3points

MoMcB 10 months ago

And the infomercial posts you can't comment on.

1point

LCB 10 months ago

OH MY WORD YOU READ MY MIND! Totally agree- it's absolute b******t

0points

CG 10 months ago

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Mushy “MushyWaffle” Waffles 10 months ago

put uBlock Origin on your browser... it gets rid of these and even removes ads from youtube. I wouldn't surf without an ad-blocker.

0points

SlightlyTarnished 10 months ago

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Terri Alyea 10 months ago

As we scroll through the article and now get the added enjoyment of an add thanks bored panda

19points

David Bowlby 10 months ago

BP is definitely watering down and it makes me a sad panda.

15points

Appalachian Panda 10 months ago

Bored Panda with its excessive number of animated ads for stupid s**t I don't need.

14points

Cecile Visscher 10 months ago

Bored Oanda itself. I used to enjoy reading BP on my phone in the train bit now with the loud adds not anymore...

10points

Piet Zwanenburg 10 months ago

Bored Panda would be a great example, with the annoying as hell adds.

10points

PoAngielsku 10 months ago

Bored Panda. All the "you need this" shopping posts are all getting -200 points now. Not to mention all the fake AITA stories from Reddit. Plus the censorship.

8points

Murphy 10 months ago

Bored Panda. Never used to have ads. Now I have to watch an ad anytime I want to go to a new post

8points

Thenatural 10 months ago

As I scroll down through Bored Panda games keep on popping up even though I try to avoid them ;so I absolutely will not download any of out of general principle even if the game looks fantastic...

8points

DB 10 months ago

Most auto parts brands. Bosch for example. Used to be made in Germany and Italy. Now their parts are made in China.

6points

Edward Finger Hands 10 months ago

Came here to say Bored Panda—glad to see I’m not the only one. You used to be able to use an ad blocker and still see the site. Can’t anymore. I barely bother anymore.

4points

William Teach 10 months ago

3points

Wintermute 10 months ago

This! I used to love their shoes, but the last pair I bought fell apart where they replaced stitches with glue in less than 2 months.

3points

Kevin Hickey 10 months ago

2points

Nadine 10 months ago

LlBean.

1point

Enlee Jones 10 months ago

I got a pair of hot Doc Marten Mary Janes for Christmas and have gotten so many compliments on them.

1point

walkabout 10 months ago

1point

Rostit. . 10 months ago

If you use chrome or firefox or edge, install this ad blocker. works great on ads infected sites like this. https://ublockorigin.com/

1point

Ryan Mercer 10 months ago

0points

CG 10 months ago (edited)

0points

Crystal Pearson 10 months ago

The irony of this Ad by bored panda who has watered themselves down rapidly

0points

Adam Michael 10 months ago

I'd say apple phones should be on the list but remembered they've consistently been years behind anything else technology wise whilst being 3-4 times more expensive.

0points

Brindle Nutter 10 months ago

This was a depressing article....

0points

Steven 10 months ago

Overly pessimistic. Many high quality products are available, some from the same sources mentioned!

0points

PattyK 10 months ago

Land’s End. Used to have high-quality clothing that lasted forever. Now they’ve gone to cheaper fabrics and poor workmanship. Sigh.

0points

DarkViolet 10 months ago (edited)

0points

ZannaMarwen 10 months ago

0points

B Jones 10 months ago (edited)

0points

Ed Wellman 10 months ago

0points

Hans Georg 10 months ago

Have I missed Superdry? Bought a sweater. First time washed, pilling. Had cheaper clothes which didn't do that after multiple times washing.

0points

David Paterson 10 months ago (edited)

0points

Bored something 10 months ago

Agree with you there David. I think the only one I related to was docs and I've not worn them for 20yrs.

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