Thanks for the recs, though Google has caused unexpected design problems in my usage. Sometimes it unpredictably switches to dark mode, then light mode on Firefox and Safari. Google's answer box also sometimes displays wrong information (infamously, "Google turned me into a serial killer" on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27622100).
I'm curious about Amazon Basics and Beats. For the former, they sell so many products that the ones I buy are pretty good (e.g. office supplies), but I have run into other products with middling reviews. For Beats, I would expect them to be good because Apple acquired them, so it's interesting to hear they have problems.
Google: I just appreciate sticking with the design simplicity after all these years and not going full New Reddit with the front page. That serial killer thing is hilarious and scary. Their draconian customer service may be the worst ever.
Amazon Basics: is the ultimate cheap product. Everything I've bought has just failed alot faster than if I bought a more name brand.
Beats: I thought the same thing about Beats. I bought the power beats pro and one of the buds wouldn't charge unless you fiddled with it and checked the phone to make sure there was a connection , which doesn't sound like a big deal but it's a hassle to do every day.
And if the base was jarred accidentally while charging it could lose that connection. It was just a hassle.
The amount of times I went running with only one earbud working was too many.
I mailed them back and the new set they sent had the exact same issue.
I have cheapo 30 dollar bids now and they don't have that issue.
This was like immediately after it was purchased by Apple so maybe the Apple QA hadn't kicked in yet.
I'm curious about Amazon Basics and Beats. For the former, they sell so many products that the ones I buy are pretty good (e.g. office supplies), but I have run into other products with middling reviews. For Beats, I would expect them to be good because Apple acquired them, so it's interesting to hear they have problems.