I have been using Amazon's "Amazon Basics" house brand AAs & AAAs alkaline cellss (Cs, Ds and 9V batteries too) for a couple years now--never a problem and they last in service as long as anyone's.
A while back, in complete violation of what my gut was telling me¹, I bought a pack of Harbor Freight's "Thunderbolt" AA cells--complete junk, the first two from the pack were dead, of the remaining more than half were dead. Closer examination revealed almost all had "frosting" around the bottom (-) seals. Returning them I found that 2 of 3 packs on the rack were showing the same signs of leakage. Cheap alkaline button cells (CR-2032, -2025, -2016, LR-44, etc.) are pretty much the same, all leaking when you buy them...
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¹ - I have found that if you do what your gut tells you, you might be wrong--however if you do not follow it's guidance you probably will be wrong. So the real choice is between "maybe" being wrong and "probably" being wrong.
Sort of like buying "the cheapest there is": Doing so will very likely get you the "cheapest there is"--it's not always true, but it is true often enough that one should pay heed.
Many years back IBM salespeople, while helping customers deal with sticker shock, always stated: "No one was ever sorry they bought the best there is."