I don't really have a position on the issue one way or the other, but it is insane how quickly this somewhat small issue (compared to stuff that everyone has been talking about for decades, like abortion) became part of the culture war, I already see "come and take it" memes being made.
Idk if there was a change, but several lab equipment companies have had to recall borosilicate glassware because of batch issues in the past and there are manufacturers whose shit breaks in different ways or has different refractive indices or whatever. So once you find one you trust stick with it I guess.
in 1998 pyrex stopped using borosilicate glass and used regular soda-lime glass (in amerika, in europe and other places pyrex is still borosilicate). modern amerikan pyrex is no more resistant to heating than any old glass bottle. of course, labs still get the real stuff
tyvm i never knew!