A pretty silly one but...

AMD because they are better supported in Linux in my experience. I dropped Intel and Nvidia a while back now.

Similarly, I have had better experiences with MSI for both motherboards and GPUs more recently than any other brand. ASUS was a long go-to for me but has failed me a lot more in the modern era.

Sensodyne. Too many fizzy drinks as a teenager, unfortunately.

Honda, Toyota, Mazda, (and maybe Mitsubishi) in that order.

I refuse to buy any other brand of vehicle if I can avoid it.

This a result of growing up in shops, working on every brand available in the US, and a large family having owned or driven pretty much everything out there.

American and European cars are just garbage in comparison. Even Mitsubishi is better (and they were really diminished by the Chrysler merger).

Along with the car theme, Nokian tires if you live in a climate with real winter.

Milwaukee cordless tools, but only because I like their vast variety of tools that use the same battery. I've had other brands that have been fine (and I'm not nice to the tools): Dewalt (still have some 20-year old tools with Milwaukee adapters), the store brands from Home Depot and Lowes, etc.

Work clothes: Carhartt is really hard to beat, but Dickies are damn good too.

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Sadly I learned the Yorkshire tea bags release microplastics along side all other major tea brands. (Yorkshire tea was super solid and my go to till that point)

Switched to loose leaf and haven’t looked back.

Unpopular take on Lemmy: Apple phones.

I had the first Android phone (HTC Dream) and it was magical. I used Android until my partner got an iPhone. I played around with it and fell in love. Bought an iPhone 5 as my first one and had it for 4.5 years. It had some issues (defective battery, power button broke) which were fixed for free from Apple. My last phone was an iPhone XS Max, which I had for over six years. No issues, original battery. Still fast as hell when I upgraded to a 16 pro max. I only upgraded cuz I wanted 120hz, more space, and better low light pics of my cats (which holy shit, the camera)

I don’t use iTunes for anything but backups… I love that it has a one-click encrypted incremental backup. Plug my new phone in, it’s exactly like my old phone.

I just don’t wanna fuck around with my phone to install a custom ROM. I want it to work with zero effort (and I don’t use any Google services.) I have four Windows machines and three Linux boxes I use every day, if I wanna fuck around, I play with those. I want my phone to be super easy and fast and last forever.

Wera for screwdrivers and wrenches. Best tools I ever had.

Yamamotoyama oolong tea is tasty, ubiquitous and cheap.

It's Tetley Tea or nothing.

Cholula hot sauce. Always.

My tea brand of choice is Stash... mostly because they're semi-local but they also make great tea.

Most of our dairy comes from Tillamook.

I rarely drink lemonade, but when I do it's tonissteiner.

Knipex makes the best pliers and Savotta is among the best camping/military gear manufacturers. Other than that, I can't really think of anything else I'd be buying based on the brand.

Crocs. Actual Crocs ^TM^ are like walking on a cloud of happiness; knock-offs are like walking with shoes made of dried-up old chewing gum.

https://www.zojirushi.com/ appliances, they are nicely built and have never broken yet. I still have my first rice cooker

Allegra. Generic fexofenadine gives me heartburn.

North face. It's probably advertising but after rotating between a dozen coats over the past 15 years, North face was the only one that looks stylish, is extremely durable, and kept me, my neck, and my mouth warm.

Merrell shoes, nothing else feels half as comfy to me.

These things fall into two categories—stuff that you buy because the quality is unquestionably higher than alternatives, and stuff that may or may not be a little bit better than alternatives but that you have strong, minimally-rational feelings about.

I find the second category more fun to talk about, so I offer up the fact that this is a C&H [sugar, US based] house. Once my wife brought home some other sugar, and I complained until the bag was gone.

My shirts only come from Hyena Agenda and Nomad Complex.

Scott Ultra Strong is the only type of toilet paper that everyone in my house finds acceptable. The other ones either are too rough, leave little bits of paper behind, or your fingers go through them during use.

King Arthur flour. Almost all the store brands are good here. But flour is very finicky in some applications so having a brand that is exactly the same all the time is important.

Right now I am on a Duckworth wool clothing binge