GE tried to do precisely that in 2015 with the launch of its Bright-Stik LED retrofits. They used a slim tubular envelope instead of the traditional pear shape. See press release at
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150603005905/en/GE-Disrupts-Lighting-Industry-Introduces-CFL-Replacement-LED-Light-BulbIt was a spectacular flop. Consumers hated the appearance almlst as much as they disliked the CFL. Glare also became a lot higher due to the smaller lighted surface. Moreover, manufacturing costs were significantly higher because this non-standard shape never achieved the same economies of scale as the pear shaped versions - whose raw materials were made in orders of magnitude greater volumes. The assembly of pear-shape LED lamps in Chinese factories is virtually 100% mevhanised, using machines built to handle the standard shape lamps. The tubular versions would require machine changes that are not difficult, but would require extra effort and whose cost can never be recovered due to the smaller production volumes.
Moreover now that most retrofit lamp designs have shifted to gas-cooled filament designs, a tubular bulb would be a major disadvantage because there is less volume of gas for cooling. Tubular bulbs are also far more expensive to process on the bulb sealing machines because they require more complex tooling to clamp the parallel-sided glass, whereas pear-shaped bulbs automatically self-centre and align themselves in conically-shaped bulb cradles that rely only on gravity for their efficient handling.
In conclusion I am not sure there would be any real advantages to engineer a tubular lamp - only a lot of disadvantages.