I bought the cheaper Pixel Buds, and I regret nothing

A few months ago, I faced something that had never happened to me before: A trusty pair of Bluetooth earbuds died on me. No, it’s not that they ran out of juice or that I lost my charging cable; they just flat-out stopped working. And, as someone with several weekends of fall travel coming up, that was going to be a problem. I knew I’d have to replace my trusty ‘buds, and I’d have to do it reasonably quickly.

So, I did what any well-informed shopper would do: I…