Nope. My 4 Ryobi 18v tools work great. Are they something a pro would use 8 hours a day? No, but they do exactly what I need on a weekly basis.
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If it meets your needs and you have a Mitsubishi dealer nearby then yes, I’d rather have a Nissan Leaf which you can get for the same money.
+1… and their 40v models work even better. I totally disagree with the opinion that Ryobi products are garbage.
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From all reports Ryobi’s ride-on lawn equipment is stellar.
On the other hand I have a contractor table saw made by them, and if I had known anything about woodworking when I bought it, I never would have for a number of reasons.
My guess is that the Ryobi table saw is considerably older than the other tools we are talking about, especially the ride-on equipment you mention. Just like Toyota used to be junk and now isn’t, Ryobi may well have improved all their products over time. My Ryobi ONE+ 18V equipment is excellent.
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It’s maybe 8 or 9 years old now. And they’re still selling the exact same saw - they just changed the color from blue to neon green. It’s held together fine, but there are all sorts of annoyances with it that just didn’t need to happen. For instance, the miter slots aren’t the standard shape or width, which makes using any aftermarket tools in them impossible unless you make them yourself.
Admittedly I’m pushing it beyond what should really be expected out of a $100 saw from Home Depot - I mounted it in a 74" wide table I built and am basically trying to treat it like a high-end cabinet saw, which gets difficult because even though it’s bolted in, the plastic body has enough flex that you have to be very careful not to twist the saw when you’re feeding sheet goods through it.
At some point I’ll either re-design the table so that I can drill holes in the ends of the Ryobi’s metal table and bolt it to the big table that way to eliminate that plastic base, or just give up and buy a decent saw. 
Bingo , we have a solution .
Apparently you have a bench type saw . They were never meant for really good woodworking .
I have been using Ryobi 18V tools since they first came out. I have both green and blue tools and have never had an issue with any of them except for the circular saws. It The only issue I’ve had with them is that although they are supposed to be backward compatible with older batteries, they really are not.
Ryobi did have some issues with the reliability of their first generation brushless tools and the first gen brushless drill was an ergonomic nightmare, the later models have been greatly improved.
I had a contractor doing quite a bit of work on my house a couple of years ago who had an extensive collection of 18 and 20v Dewalt tools but there were some jobs that he borrowed some of my Ryobi tools for as Dewalt didn’t offer a similar tool.
I use a lot of their 40v tools for my garden, no more 2 cycle gas motors for me. I need a new riding lawn mower but at $4995, their 48v electric is out of my price range.
Which for now fits, because I’m not a really good woodworker. 
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I didn’t say Ryobi products ARE garbage
I said I . . . and presumably many other regular regulars . . . clearly remember the not-too-distant past when Ryobi products WERE garbage