I used to trust consumer reports. I subscribed to their magazine.
They had a firewall between themselves and the manufacturers of products they review. They would buy cars themselves, then review them instead of getting a "perfect" car loaned and managed by the company that created it.
I also got an online account
But online, that firewall came down, and it got worse. They had funnels to sell you the products they reviewed and they had cookies and they got money for sales.
so I lost my trust in consumer reports.
Now they're releasing an app to help, but they've still left the barn door open.
When you look at that page, look at the Privacy Policy.
They clearly are in bed with advertisers - there is no firewall, they don't support themselves financially.
Even their privacy policy links to the ad networks to opt-out, which is a confusing mess.
If they were serious, they would have a button on their OWN site to prevent your browser from ever contacting third parties.
I have not regained my trust in consumer reports.
They had a firewall between themselves and the manufacturers of products they review. They would buy cars themselves, then review them instead of getting a "perfect" car loaned and managed by the company that created it.
I also got an online account
But online, that firewall came down, and it got worse. They had funnels to sell you the products they reviewed and they had cookies and they got money for sales.
so I lost my trust in consumer reports.
Now they're releasing an app to help, but they've still left the barn door open.
When you look at that page, look at the Privacy Policy.
They clearly are in bed with advertisers - there is no firewall, they don't support themselves financially.
Even their privacy policy links to the ad networks to opt-out, which is a confusing mess.
If they were serious, they would have a button on their OWN site to prevent your browser from ever contacting third parties.
I have not regained my trust in consumer reports.