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Setting jank controllers aside, deadzone is just a sign of wear. These things don't last forever. If you find the perfect controller, just use it for a couple years. It will be shit. I have a pair of PS4 controllers I'm kind of happy with, but they are not perfect.
Regular controller uses voltmeter with contact brushes to measure resistance to determine location. Because of contact motion, it does not last long. There used to be better joysticks that did not have contact brushes which enabled them to have much longer life. They were abandoned because they were expensive. For example, N64 uses such technology which is the reason why many of them still work today
Shockingly, the Xbox elite controllers use potentiometers and last a few years
I think I'll just get an Xbox controller and eventually get a decent n64 controller repro for f zero. You really need that control stick or something close.
8bitdo also has a conversion mod kit for original n64 controllers to bluetooth (they advertise it working with android and switch). The cheaper $30 config is unavailable rn but the $40 one comes with a hall effect joystick, so you could even use one with a broken stick.
I'd think it would work with a PC with bluetooth as well, but it's possible it doesn't if they aren't claiming it does.
Edit: I did some googling, apparently it does work with PC as a Dinput controller. And people have described the stick as "very precise" but is somewhere between a GameCube-style control stick and an n64 one.