i bought us an air popper for Christmas. It’s great to have fresh hot popcorn.
They have plastic pots that can microwave popcorn. I don’t know how it stacks up in taste to an air fryer,
Since I retired, I cut up potatoes like french fries and put a little oil in a frying pan and cook them and repeatedly turn them over. Close to french fries in taste but a lot cheaper as well.