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We all know the answer to that
The reason is likely that they were the first successful TWS headphones.
"Successful" after Apple took away the 3.5mm jack for no reason and said "fuck you you have to buy them now," maybe. Runners were using TWS earbuds for a decade+ before Apple soft-locked users into needing to buy their proprietary product.
What TWS earbuds existed a decade before airpods?
Bluetooth, and Bluetooth headphones have been around for a long time.