No kidding. I'll be that guy and say I cannot stand these poorly QCd Chinese knockoffs that have the wildest brand names. Lululook? Milady? TOMATOETC? Loveguyyes? Diakarumregb...
I try not to be too judgy long term.
LG started out as "Lucky Goldstar"; now it means "Life's Good". And their stuff is just as bulletproof as Whirlpool, KitchenAid, GE, and Bosch used to be. Now I have a bad@ss washer/dryer set from LG. They work fine, have been reliable for going on 18 months now, and have all manner of settings for just about anything I might need to clean before putting it on my body. I might be getting a refrigerator or dishwasher from them if my old Whirlpools give out, and an LG TV monitor could be on the list if I fire up that 8 year old Sam's Club Visio and it explodes from the stress of not being powered on for 6 months at a time.
Really, Whirlpool, GE, Bosch, Samsung, LG...these cats are all subbing out the manufacturing of their products anyhow. Your washer-dryer probably has all the same sheet metal and internal mechanicals that mine has. They just have different displays, control knobs, and apps that run on your smartphone. The badge is probably just stamped on there and silk-screened with the manufacturer's name you picked. You're probably even sending your warranty card to the same address as the cards that came with mine; just the name of the company is different!
Back in the day, we had strange-sounding upstarts Asus and Asrock. Gigabyte, anybody? SuperMicro? Same thing. We're just used to speaking their names now.