speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative?

Dungeon and Dragon. There is a ton of TTRPG out there and things like Level up 5e are direct replacement with better content.

iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don't care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.

Broader than a brand, but I think it fits here...

Everyone hates banks. Credit Unions are better in every possible way.

Google. Use Searxng for search, Firefox/Librewolf for browser, Newpipe for Youtube, Graphene instead of default Android, literally anything for calendar and notes, and FDroid for apps. Don't let Google's services destroy your privacy.

Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.

But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.

Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.

Reddit

alternativeto.net is great for this

Frozen veggies over fresh. I'm so fucking sick pf buying veggies then having a ticking clock on them. Frozen gives me all the nutrients and I can leave them in the freezer for months and not lose anything.

For me it's the watties frozen stir fry mix. Cheap and has a good range. I do however pick out the pea pods because they suck.

There was a medditarrian mix that was amazing to cook in the air fryer but after buying 8 bags in a week they took it off special and it went from $4 to $8

TurboTax. I used freetaxusa this year and I'm never going back.

Windows -> GNU/Linux

KDE/Gnome -> JWM

TV -> Reading books

Twitter -> Fediverse

Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion

Amazon -> Local bookshop

Can you clarify - do you mean hate because it's paid for marketing and there's much better products for a similar price,(sort of BIFL maybe?) or hate because the company is anti consumer somehow and there's a better company or free version?

Like for the first, Kitchen Aid stand mixers. Way overblown because marketing and resting on laurals from 50 years ago when they're not built like that anymore. Bosch Universal Plus is a much better spend if you want robustness imho.

For the second the obvious is Microsoft, and a community driven Linux as the alternative.

I could go on I suppose.

Got sick of the SEO spam from Google so I switched to Kagi. It lets me block all the blogspam and Pinterest junk when I search.

Dyson vacuums are crap. Pretty much any bagged or canister vacuum will beat them in every category.

WhatsApp for me. I hate it but in my country all people use it.

Instead of browsing on reddit, there's this new thing called "Lemmy"...

I have started buying books and notebooks etc at my favourite bookstores instead of the cheaper version at Amazon.

I really don’t think that the world gets better if I support someone buying a mega yacht (while treating the people who work for him like garbage).

I shop in Lidl, and it's full of brands that are decent in their own right but design packaging clearly meant to evoke the big name brands. Most of them taste better than the big brands too

Adobe design products, there's Affinity, it's great, professional and a lot cheaper.

Yeah I should have added that distinction. I’ve yet to see a comparable cordless in the price range. I meant full vacuums.

Call of Duty and Battlefield > Operation: Harsh Doorstop

Nestle

People complain about Banks screwing them over with fees and caring more about investor profits all the time. But few people move their money to credit unions or other co-operatively owned financial institutions. Usually it's because of some minor inconvenience.