I think a lot of people don't want to "feed the beast" and reward Meta for their terrible impact on society.
It will never be as good as open ear headphones, some frequencies just don't translate well via conduction, but they're good enough for podcasts, TV and movies. They're great for music if you're exercising or need to be aware of your surroundings, but if you care about sound quality, they are not something you'd want to use to listen to music in a quiet room, for example.
How much did you play around with them?
Also try them with earplugs.
At that point, just get TWS buds which will sound magnitudes better.
No one is claiming that bone-conduction headphones are competitive in sound quality.
We really should have a broader conversation about the practical applications of this stuff.
