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I have a hard time imagining running with earbuds without using sport earbuds, the kind that have a loop that hooks over your ear to secure the earbuds in place.
That seems like a good recipe to lose one of the buds as well.
I mean, losing parts for out-of-production electronic devices is a more-general issue than something specific to Bluetooth earbuds.
https://www.amazon.com/EPOS-Wireless-Earbuds-Android-Compatible/dp/B08QVYC3QP
In this case, it looks like stock is still available for the case+earbuds. You can get a new pair of earbuds and a case for $75. Do that and now you have spare earbuds for if you lose one of those or they go bad, which is another route that could have rendered them unusable.
EDIT: If I lost a pair of Bluetooth earbuds, I don't think I'd get that bent out of shape. Traditional 1/4" or 1/8" jack headphones are pretty mature technology. You could use a decades-old pair and it'd be pretty decent compared to current headphones. Bluetooth earbuds have been changing pretty quickly. New audio codecs, Bluetooth standards, and ANC has become popular and gotten increasingly good (and it looks like the pair in question can't do ANC). An older pair of Bluetooth earbuds is kinda meh compared to current ones.