"They don't support active noise cancellation!" the reviewer shouts, gesticulating wildly.
No, because there is no seal with your ear canal, rendering such a feature pointless. This is physics, not a poor product choice.
"Okay, but they don't sound as good as my favourite thing that I have to screw deep into my lugholes."
That's just physics again.
"Okay, but these are expensive, so I should recommend an alternative. How about... some other thing that you'll have to dig into your scull."
No.
Some people (myself included) don't like their hearing being completely blocked off, reliance on a transparency mode that is probably terrible, the physical discomfort of something penetrating in towards their eardrum, having to try several sets of first-and-third-party tips, and the endless fiddling to get a good fit. Stop trying to sell #AirPods Pro to those people. However rare a more open design might be, it is a legitimate product category in its own right. Comparing it to something it isn't aiming to be, every single time, is not helpful.
@jscholes I could just see the airpods pro being a direct gateway drug for Apple to enter the hearing aid market, and they certainly would know how to do the direct transition marketing spin. Even if you use airpods responsibly, we'll all have to face the inevitable. Skip the expensive visit to the audiologist and consult your GeniusBar for healthcare that...just works ™ and get our critically aclaimed airHear ™ hearing aids, or our cochleair (pronounced co-clee-air) implants!
Related: I just bought the #Shokz#OpenFit, on my endless quest to find #headphones that sit nicely about my person without requiring invasive surgery or flattened hair. I'll possibly hate them, as I've hated every set of such headphones that isn't the non-Pro #AirPods.
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