I know several people who drive a Subaru.
While they are not as reliable as say a Honda it seems, they are also nowhere near as delicate as you've read about.
The problem with car forums is that people often join to post their problems, and few join to say wow my car is trouble free. So you are reading about the 1% who have troubles, not the 99% with a great car.
My BFFs dad is an auto mechanic, at an all brands shop, and if you asked him, there is no such thing as a trouble free brand. He ranks Subaru as mid pack for issues.
My personal opinion is that the most overhyped brand is Toyota. Toyota is okay, but they sure do have lots of problems to, yet if you read here on BITOG you may start to believe that Toyota is great, which is BS, they are actually okay, as is Subaru.
Considering the amount of work i have done, and still need to do on a 2010 Tacoma recently, seeing this Toyota product, hands on it, driving it, and such, I'm sure glad it isn't mine, and I chose an F150. The F150 is far from perfect itself, but it drives much nicer than the tacoma, and is just as well made, also parts are easier to get, and cheaper for the F150.