I think the author's point stands since they show that the airpods should be expected to have the same fit as the earpods and that the earpods don't fit half of

I think the author's point stands since they show that the airpods should be expected to have the same fit as the earpods and that the earpods don't fit half of people's ears without falling out. Therefore the $160 headphones are vastly more disposable than wired IEMs of the same price. That's about what I paid for a pair of etymotic er4s a decade ago.