Yes, in perpetuity... My Charge 3 has been affected by every one of the issues cited somewhere in this post over the last two years since I bought it. But once I calmed down and accepted that this was the reality of owning and using this device, I persevered with and it has served me well enough thus far.
Yes, it acts up once in a while. Sometimes twice in a week and sometime it seems like every other day. At other times it works well for a couple of months without issues.
When it goes on the fritz, I usually stay calm, perform some of the tweaks suggested and it always come back on track one way or another. I stopped getting upset a long time ago, or if I do now, it's a momentary rush of annoyance and then I shrug, execute one of the tweaks and I have always gotten it back working.
If it happens that the day comes when I finally can't get it back up and running, I'll probably get furious then but for now I live with it and it's been relegated to minor nuisance status for me. I know that's not going to work for everybody who is affected but it does for me.
One final point, they sell thousands of these things. Yes, many of us seem to be affected with these issues but I have to believe the majority of users are not plagued by them. Otherwise, how can they sell so many and have thousand of satisfied customers? I have friends who never seem to have issues with theirs...Just saying.
