it's just like suspensions, or almost everything car:
- brake performance
- less dust/noise
- pricing

pick either 2 out of the 3.

then you sacrifice biting performance. do realize that ceramic based brake pads *TYPICALLY* require warming up before they can fully perform. if you think it bites from the get-go, maybe you never needed the performance in the first place

then it also depends on what OEM, because most foreign makes (nissan sentra, honda civic as examples since i am more familiar with them) already have pretty good stock brake pads. minor to no dust, while having pretty damn good bite. in fact for the civic, there are people who complains that it bites too hard and throws the occupants if the braking is slightly harder than intended.

if you're ok with it, that's that.
do also bear in mind TS never mentioned a specific budget, or what kinda braking needs he require.

i changed mine to EBC because i HATE brake dusts (im active in the pinned detailing thread, go figure lol) while i still want to drive like a complete retard, so i pick performance + less dust/noise, i sacrificed pricing