[mleo]

I used the AirPods for a week before returning them. It stayed in one ear, but kept falling out of the other ear. The thought to purchase a cord or ear hooks crossed my mind until I realized it would make charging them in the case painful by having to disconnect the attachment before charging them.

As such, the AirPods form factor is a killer feature if they fit your ear and stay through activity. If they do not stay, there is no point in trying to "extend" them.

[lobster_johnson]

I find it so weird that Apple keeps making the same ear pod shapes. I've never been able to keep them in my ears. The silicone plugs -- especially the "winged" kind -- that everyone other than Apple (Bose, Shure, Sony etc.) uses are functionally superior. Third parties to provide soft adapters so they can fit in people's ears, but it's so weird that Apple doesn't.

I suspect aesthetics is the only reason Apple doesn't use the soft silicon type. Maybe they found that the hard plugs fit 90% of people and that's good enough.

[wilg]

They do make them as an optional accessory though: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/ME186LL/A/apple-in-ear-he...