Uhh, yeah. They’re partially fried then frozen before you even throw them in your $17 Oster Toaster Oven. Sorry, buddy but fries are meant to be fried.
An air fryer is a convection toaster oven. I'd buy the convection toaster oven and get more use out of it for other things.
They are not french fries if you bake them they become roasted potatoes. you can make them really good. Olive oil , rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper, toss in a bowl. put them on a sheet pan around 45 to an hour. turn the broiler on quick if you want them more brown. Also there is no such thing as an air fryer, you either fry a potato or roast it
A frighteningly large number of you gentlemen would be run out of town on a rail if you attempted to exercise your culinary skills in my part of the world.
I guess all you foodies need to inform Ore Ida et al that the millions of bags of “French fries” they sell a year are mislabeled and misleading to us common folks