iFixit names worst products of CES 2026 by handing out "Worst in Show" awards

This is a great idea.

Where I live, a biking organisation gave out yearly awards for the golden and silver spokes for the best bike adaptions, and the rusted spoke for the most dangerous road setup for bikes. The government rarely collected their rusty award, but the local press loved it. If the government fixed the bad roads, the rusted spoke could be requested back to some smiling official, again for some press attention.

It worked. Fixing your worst road every year and reminding designers not to forget bikers had a remarkedly long term good influence.

Writing this, I wonder if iFixit is planning to take back awards if vendors do better.