Batteries and lack of audio are my only gripes with the steam controller. I still think it's better than every other controller, but I wish it had those. At least though, valve said it will be easy to disassemble with a screwdriver, so we will have a way to replace the battery with an after market one when it dies.

I'm not aware of any controller that can charge NiMH batteries tho. I think the hardware for that would weight as much as the entire controller. Also NiMH batteries don't do well with continuous charging via dock, unlike lithium batteries.

Warms me heart to see the next generation of idiots supporting planned obsolescence.

Yep. This is why I still only use XBOX controllers.

It is a weird flip. My current steam controllers take AA batteries, but my current VR controllers are rechargeable lithium.

I bought a ~~Dualshock~~ Dualsense because of the trackpad, didn't realize it didn't have replaceable batteries.
Battery life is bad and it really annoys me.
I think I'll try again to fix the stick drift on my Xbox controller...

I've got the old one that takes AA and can be plugged in.

Big fan of controllers that get all their power from cables. Fuck Batteries! Though I can see how that's quite inconvenient when you're playing on a couch instead of in front of a desk like me.