tldr; it got worse but I got back to square one fixed that problem
Had the side tone go completely out and wouldn't come back there for a bit. Updated the firmware, software, and restarted my computer a couple times, tried the adjusting/turning on and off of the sidetone trick to no avail. Almost broke down and used the windows default one *ew
Then I decided to mess with the lighting. Somehow turning it from blink to static color fixed the problem. Still will go out if I mute the mic, but at least I'm back on the bus with the rest of yall again with a workaround-able problem. If that happens to anyone else, try messing with your lighting settings. I doubt that shoddy explanation will help the devs find a solution (assuming they are still looking), but I'll put it here anyway. 2 year of a mainline item being bugged is definitely memable. Wonder if a public backlash meme campaign would motivate corporate to prioritize this bug. To the reddit-mobile!
All honesty I love the headphones for every other feature, but this bug is C R I P P L I N G my ability to further recommend them to any of my friends.
