Of all ILCs sold in the first 4 months of 2021, 56% were MILCs, and 44% were DSLRs. For all of 2020, those were 55% and 45%, respectively
I must’ve missed Canon‘s announcement they discontinued their camera lines that comprise nearly half of the current ILC market.
I know that you believe Canon makes stupid decisions, and that you seem to think you’re really good with the facts and the numbers and such, so forgive me for being just a teensy weensy bit skeptical.
Oh no, Canon's management definitely isn't stupid, since this company still is the biggest camera manufacturer, even in these tough times. But, looking back in Canon's history, they sometimes proved to be capable of quite radical, disruptive decisions after they waited a while and observed the markets. In particular, they did it with the change from the old FD to the EF mount. Many Canon users were upset back then because of the incompatibility of both mounts. But in the long run it was a much wiser decision than Nikon's strategy to keep compatibility alive by ignoring the problems coming with a more and more error susceptible complexity. By contrast, the EF mount was a new clean design and allowed for fast USM AF drives, which made a lot of pros to switch from Nikon to Canon in the 90s. I know from own experience with our Nikon gear e.g. this "F22" error
, when the lens once again stops to communicate with the camera - favorably in critical action settings when you want your gear to work, not to quirk...
So, lets see what happens to Canon's DSLR products in future. I personally wouldn't be surprised if they slowly phased out this tech now, by cutting back the number of different models offered.