Only people with broken machines complain. That's why they seem "universally shit".
I've had my Bosch washing machine now for over ten years and there have been no repairs whatsoever, so far.
I've had my Bosch washing machine now for over ten years and there have been no repairs whatsoever, so far.
For every vocal person with a broken unit, there are multiple people with working ones. These planned obsolescence debates are mostly pointless without actual data (case in point: arguing about WD vs Seagate before BackBlaze started publishing their data)