There are still places to look for quality reviews, at least for anything that has a hobby behind it. TVs and 3D printers are actually great examples. TVs have

There are still places to look for quality reviews, at least for anything that has a hobby behind it. TVs and 3D printers are actually great examples. TVs have rtings.com, possibly the best review site I've ever seen. It's entirely objective, and has measurements for brightness, black levels, response time, and a hundred other metrics. Plus, all of those get numerical scores on a live-updated curve. 3D printers have all3dp.com, which among other things prints standardized benchmark tests that have objective measures for a lot of the things that determine print quality, like overhand and stringing. Their reviews also go over things like manufacturer history and market segment, and their top overall recommendation is in fact the Prusa i3. There are quite a few of these niche, in-depth review sites still out there (computer power supplies is another that comes to mind), you just have to go look. If there isn't one, the next step is to check for a subreddit or community forum. Failing that, in my experience even trying to critically read Amazon reviews is better than Wirecutter. Buying the first product on the search page is better than Wirecutter. Their "measurements" are useless and they don't bother learning even a ten-minute google exploration of their product categories. Why people like them so much is beyond me. Presentation, I guess.