That's pretty scary, since the common wisdom these days is that appliances bought from brick-and-mortar stores should be safer/more reliable than the random thing bought off Amazon.
If you're one of a small group of people that buys a dehumidifier from a brand that's active for 3 months on amazon; chances are that brand isn't going to be included in the recall notices when the samey design sold with persistent brands at major retailers is determined to be unsafe.
On the other hand, who's got a dehumidifier built in 2011-2014 that still works? I'm on my second one since 2019, and while the dehumidification is still working, the pump seems to be on its way out. On the first one, the compressor stopped spooling up not long after the warranty period ended.
Very unlikely events happen sometimes and its those kind of events that you see in the news.
Although the "wrong" food is also very deadly and underestimated, but that one is tricky because it takes a long time to act and the results vary a lot by individual.
What makes them seem safe is the layers of safety systems we've built around it.
Likewise, anything that connects to 110V lines in your house is equally scary, and news that the safety systems might be entirely inadequate for an entire class of products rightfully gets attention.
After repairing this myself half a dozen times and seeing how they designed their (our) dishwasher with its DD82-01373A one-piece molded plastic part with integrated non-removable uncleanable sensor that we had to replace for $150 because it got a bit of particulate matter stuck in it, we’ve sworn off all Samsung products and try to warn everyone we know that they’re garbage. That plastic part also has a 1/8th turn plastic locking knob that sits inside the washer and is easily knocked off by the errant plate, causing a leak down the side for which one must uninstall the dishwasher to resolve.
https://www.androidauthority.com/kryptowire-android-vulnerab...
Then there's the bloatware, the smart TVs, etc.
Yeah, no Samsung for me either.