you can just set the notif and ringer to the same thing the other 2 do suck tho

mate, I am fully aware I can do that, but then I am say at work, where it gets loud at times, and therefore wish to have the ringer and notifications call a bit louder than at home. Not only do I have to do that with two different settings, I can’t even achieve that using volume buttons and sound panel, but rather have to specifically go to Settings>Sound each time. it’s fucking regressive

that’s really weird, it’s in the little sound panel for me

I’m using a Pixel, maybe your manufacturer implemented it wrong for some reason

I only have Media (shows by default), Ring and Alarm (after expanding) in there. But then again, I’m running a custom rom, based on LineageOS, based on AOSP