The vast majority of Technology Reviewers need to do two things:

1. Step away from technology for a while and reset their view of reality. Jaded doesn’t even begin to tell the story.
   
2. Immerse themselves in understanding the process of creating products. Idea to delivery.

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@Burk 3. Get a real job and do it part time

@bix I think #2 because reviewing something with little knowledge of what goes into engineering, manufacturing, and the actual market at large leaves you with a review against what the reviewer feels is a world of infinite time, scale, and possibility. There is a lot more that goes into a product past simple spec sheets and the end price. Too often actual tangible products are compared to mythical unicorn products that can never and will never exist.

@Burk I’m not sure it is just tech reviewers. I see analogous comments from artists, musicians, playwrights and so forth.

I personally find the whole idea that it is possible to pass a single judgement on any substantial work as illogical. I just don’t have a critics blood in me. To some people romance novels are complete junk and others love them. Not sure why it is approproptiate to look down on something people enjoy.

@Burk The thing that irritatest me the most is reviewers need not live with the products they are reviewing -- recommending to their readers -- for long. They can very well use it for a week, find it ok and "recommend" it. And move on.

They never face the problems that the real users have to face. Things that come to the fore with time.