DerbyBorn wrote

People get very hung up on Badge Names. The reality is of course that
a washing machine is an assembly of parts from the Supply Chain.

Not all of them are.

Even the design was possibly contracted out.

Not all of them are that either.

If you like it buy it.

Doesn’t say anything useful about how often it
will need to be repaired or the cost of the parts.

All will be designed to survive for a reasonable period.

Its more complicated than that.