There is NOTHING without bias, as long as the human element exists.  Calm down, people who are taking this way too personally!

The irony of judgment for those that do reviews for a living.  The person someone is so confident is a shill is not as biased as people think.  The person that you love that ‘tells it like it is’, is more biased/flawed than you realize.  These are the closest two ways to reach a SOMEWHAT unbiased opinion on a product.  The first is critical thinking through multiple sources, preferably individuals with different approaches.  The second is ultimately, finding out for yourself.  Both options are still imperfect.

Here is a defense of professional and very profitable product reviewers.  What quality review are you REALLY (?) consistently getting for free, aka the goodness out of their hearts?  Can they afford the time and resources since it is not there primary source of income to give you real feedback.  Most is halfhearted feedback that ‘this is great or terrible,’ before going back to what they do for a living.  Authenticity alone is not necessarily a path to accuracy.

What about those people calling out products, aren’t they real?  People doing the ‘this is all overpriced, not good’ and are habitually negative are LITERALLY AT LEAST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.  But from experience I am actually more skeptical of these individuals.  They historically played on the ego of the too smart to fall for a shill crowd!  The irony.  I cannot tell you how many times I am the least surprised they have been on the verge of coming out with their own product line.  Though I am not judging what they are selling.  But it is curious how convenient the overzealous criticisms are often magically solved only with their products.

This is not a popular opinion but a reasonable assessment.  Maybe not great, but most products are at least solid.  Most products I can speak positively about and be authentic about it.  Most issues people have with products, as in service, are either and or also inflated expectations and not taking instructions seriously.  “Why does he praise so many products on YouTube?”  Because if you mess any of them up it is likely your fault.  This is coming from someone who reviews products.  10 years ago, even poor-quality products by 2026 standards, many people would find great.  20 years ago, they would be beyond our imagination.