Tried that.  Didn't work.  If it were that easy I would have done it.

The joy cons from a durability perspective are absolutely junk. 

Nintendo didn't apologize and offer free repairs for no reason.  Nintendo needs to do better with their next hybrid system.

Im not a fan. They are too small. Thank god for the pro controller which is amazing.

Yeah, my pro controller drifts as well. Pikmin 4 became more challenging...

Really? Huh, I didn't know it could happen to the Pro as well. Now I'm worried for mine...

Yeah, I have drift on my Wii U Gamepad as well. Paper Mario Color Splash became a nightmare at times. Might just be unlucky...I dont know. 

Its not on all games though. Just the ones that have sensitive controls. Like the D-Pad on the Pro controller is usually great, but it was awful for Tetris 99.

They were great when they were brand new, and I continue to like them, in theory. But, because of the way Nintendo handled the drift issue (basically ignoring it and continuing to sell a product that they know to be faulty, and charging a premium price for it), I just can't see them as a good product.

I got about 5 years out of my launch joycons before I experienced drift. But it doesn't matter that mine worked. What matters is that Nintendo knew there was a widespread problem and didn't even bother to change the products moving forward.

Even my dualsense is drifting sometimes. Although not nearly as much as my joycons. It's a plague now.

Damn it. I had 3 pairs now. All them started drifting after 5 months. The last pair at least drift very little like once a month. So when it starts I just rage quit playing and turn on my PS5 to play something else. Otherwise it works fine. 

The first one became absolutely unusable after a year. Every time I sync it with my Switch it starts to move the cursor in the OS like some ghost. Trash

The joy cons have been a pita since day 1. I play docked and right from launch the left controller kept losing connection with the docked Switch. I 'fixed' it by getting an extra long hdmi cord to have the Switch sit in the middle of the room, close enough for the left joy-con not to keep disconnecting.

Then after 6 months, stick drift ugh. Sure Nintendo repaired it (eventually) for no cost. They work again however I pretty much only use a pro controller nowadays.

The buttons are too small, the controllers are not comfortable to hold in any way. If I want to play with my hands apart, I'll play VR. The new sense controllers are amazing, very comfortable, but unfortunately don't have enough buttons to easily replace regular controllers.

I think they're pretty neat. They're basically jack of all trade controllers. They do pretty much everything, handheld, tv, motion, multiplayer with one set, but aren't really the best for any particular use. If it weren't for the drift, they'd be very good.