at some point today I realized I'd used my earbuds* on my Linux work laptop, my phone, my iPad and my Switch (and now I'm using it on my Windows desktop) and it's worked perfectly on each for the entire day and maybe Bluetooth doesn't have to be awful
*they're the Pixel Buds A-Series but they don't really have any secret sauce except for memory of what they've been paired with, they're just standard Bluetooth earbuds