Back in the '80s and '90s Samsung and GoldStar were selling VCRs and other electronics so cheap they were practically giving them away. They had to since no one would pay good money for Korean crap like that. Then GoldStar merged with Lucky Chemical and LG was born. The next thing you know LG and Samsung each spent millions of dollars convincing people that not only were they not a big pile of $h!t, but were actually better than most other brands, and the rest is history.
When I moved into this house 26 years ago it came with a GM Frigidaire fridge that looked old even back then. I had to get it charged with Freon once and may have called a service man for one other thing, I can't recall for sure. Later on I talked to a guy at a service parts supply store about a problem I had with it. He happily sold me a timer which I installed myself. That was the 3rd(?) and final repair that was made and I still have the same fridge today. Something minor goes wrong with it every 10 years or so. The freezer smells funky if I don't keep a box of baking soda in it but what do you expect after a few decades and no one knows how many owners, plus the house being empty awhile before I moved in? The fridge stays at a constant 40 degrees and the freezer isn't much colder but is still below freezing. When I want something deep frozen to 0 degrees I put it in the chest freezer.
Also, I'm still on my first microwave oven that I bought around 1986. That puts it at about 31 years old and it's never had any kind of work done on it. It's a Tappan 500 and has one cooking level - on. It has one button to open the door and a dial timer that turns to set it for up to 15 minutes. The light comes on when it's running and it has a mechanical ding when it's done. It's so simple that almost nothing CAN go wrong with it. For most things I'll stick with the good old American brands and avoid the Korean ones as long as possible.