This is such a weird comment. You can find things in the US where there are cheap versions that don't work and more expensive versions that do work. Going out of your way to by less expensive things and then blaming the Chinese on the quality, rather than your cheapness, is really a decision.
From personal experience, I've got dozens of esp32 devices around my house and they all work great.
No, your comment is weird because I explicitly said that country of origin has nothing to do with it because ESP32 is of the same origin.
If anything is to blame it is the Bluetooth protocol and the fact that it is apparently hard to implement correctly.
Not to mention that Bluetooth on Linux is questionable to begin with.