> Also, their review system had become so huge and untrustworthy even the stars next to an item are basically meaningless. I agree, but still find big value in

> Also, their review system had become so huge and untrustworthy even the stars next to an item are basically meaningless. I agree, but still find big value in reviews, partly because I focus heavily on the more trustworthy part: the bad reviews. If they convince me I move on. But sometimes they're complaints about things I don't care about, or they don't rise above the baseline background bad-review radiation. Mostly though it's a way to learn about aspects of a product that are crucial to its use but absent from the marketing materials. E.g. I found out in a review that I couldn't use a piece of plumbing hardware because I donn't have enough water pressure for it. It can be quite hard to discover this kind of thing from the maker or seller.