I based that number upon Canon listening to all the CR members and they're extensive list of demands. Believe me, I'm with you. But now that I see the way you worded your response, it's as if you're devaluing crop in general in my view. Why couldn't/wouldn't it be amazing and of course expensive? You won't get amazing for cheap no matter how often we say it should be.
I don't know what I said or how I worded it that makes you think I'm devaluing crop. Look no further than the list of bodies under my user name. Three of those are crop bodies. The fourth is indeed a "full frame" body, but one that pre-dates APS-anything and uses wet chemical sensor technology.
It was also the least expensive of all of them.
For the photography I like to do, I feel an APS-C body is the best tool for the job. I like going to air shows. Maybe the "birds" aren't as small as the ones other people around here like to shoot, but they're small enough and I'm using a moderate telephoto (100-400). Could I do it with a FF rig and get good results? Most definitely. It's not the equipment that limits the quality of my results, I'll be the first to admit. But I prefer crop.
So yes, I like APS-C, and I would love it if Canon came out with a new high-end APS-C R body. I would give it a serious look and very likely own one before long. But I've been down these "7D Mark III" and "R7" rumor paths for nearly five years now, and I honestly don't think it's going to happen. Maybe you're responding to that when you say I devalue crop. I'm not saying I don't want it to happen, I'd love it if it did. I understand pixel density, why people would choose crop even if it was the same price as FF, and the fallacy of "equivalence".
I don't know if you read the linked post in my previous post, but that's a brief post where I lay it out why I think an R7 with R6-type specs doesn't inherently have to cost well north of $2K. That's not devaluing anything, it's illustrating that if Sony and Fuji can do it, there's no reason why Canon shouldn't be able to also.
Canon might choose a higher price point for branding and cachet, but that's a different issue.