They were at first, but now that I've gotten used to them, I actually prefer them to the unattached ones even BEFORE factoring in that they reduce plastic waste!

Nah, they're great. I've had to pick up bottle caps because they slipped out of my hand before.

It's genuinely more convenient imo to have the caps attached to the bottle.

Accepting any level of small annoyance in support of a better world is pretty woke