Just stay away from hookless cuz they are short term fashion and they aren't safe. Even pro's are abandoning them.
+1. Hookless is retarded for road use. Zipp has been pushing hookless. Zipp is SRAM, SRAM has been engineering backwards for the last 10y, it's actually impressive how dumb their "innovations" have been.
small chainrings are dumb.
10T cog is dumb.
Pushing 1x because you can't get the FD to shift properly is dumb
using DOT fluid when everybody else is using mineral oil is dumb
flat top chains are dumb
hookless is dumb, and dangerous.
not putting a USB charging port on the SRAM batteries is dumb.
Wavy wheels are a dumb design that only serves marketing.
dimples on wheels are a dumb design that only serves marketing.
afaik, only the latest sram red hydro brakes as well as shimano. Up until then, shimano was simply braking better. Maybe this was legacy, as sram red rim brake was notorious for braking poorly (and i can attest to that).
I'm sure there's more, that's just off the top of my head.