Make sure to ask the contractors about the subfloor. If its flexing at all (you can step on the empty space and see if your weight shifts it) then no matter how good the fix it’ll pop again.

I would lead with questions for both context and for you to determine your plan of action.

Its “always been” squishy…how long have you lived here? 1 year? 10 years? It matters in the context of if it was a quick flip install to sell the place and you’ve only been living there a short time, the rest will probably be falling apart soon too. If its been a long time, it could point to just that spot being an issue and needing repair.

There’s also the question of your time and budget. There’s a good chance the entire floor needs to be replaced, but if that’s just out of the question then a patch job could keep it together a very long time if done right.

What room is that? Bathroom? Mud room? There’s tile on the wall too so I’m wondering if water is playing into the problem (either in the tile install or damage to the sub floor in that spot).

Even hand drawing it on paper would help. You’ve got some weird stuff going on and it’s hard to know what is vs what should be. It’s also hard to translate terms like “hallway” into being box 1 or 2.

Oh, I fully agree the price is too high for 6 year old hardware.

I was looking at the Vero that another comment recommended. That looks promising to me. I’ve only done initial looks but that’s probably the route I’d go if I need to buy today.

Google streamer is cheaper, but paying extra to keep google out of my life is OK by me. Just personal preference.

I’m using the shield non pro (tube) with the wolf launcher and it works fine overall. Occasionally it’ll freeze up and I need to hard boot it.

I’m fairly confident the shield line is dead at this point so I’m not waiting on it. When my tube dies out on me I’ll figure something else out. I’m here checking out what others are doing so I can slowly research and set a game plan in advance.

But I don’t expect that time to come soon. Its not like the thing is under high load since my home media is running on a different box. I also suspect if I factory reset my tube it’ll fix my random bugs and negate the need for something new.

Just a dumb DIYer so take this with a grain of salt. You can put in a stud to the left and right of the stud in question to bear any load. Then after the floor repair is made you can replace the original stud (I’d probably leave the 2 temp studs as well since they are already in place just for overkill support).

You’ll want to look into the structural impact of cutting the base plate though. Seems like cutting a section out might require more than just putting it back with some metal straps.

Also, look into epoxy for the concrete fix. I know they have epoxy specifically for injecting into concrete cracks to restore integrity. Seems like it might be much easier (and possibly be able to work around the framing). It’ll probably be more expensive, but pay off in convenience.