Of course Canon is earning well and everybody likes VCM lenses simply because there is no alternative to it!! Especially the Sigma Art lenses would be an alternative and that's why Canon is afraid of them. Look for the big gaps in the RF lineup. VCM lenses are good but also a compromise. Will Canon ever produce non-VCM primes (UWA to normal normal lens)?
Every manufacturer has VCM lenses buddy. And is focusing on VCM the only thing Canon has been doing for the past period or so. Where's the middle of the road telephoto/supertelephoto? Something that people can actually dream of affording? Internal zoom telephotos? Anything remotely interesting like a 200mm F/2? No? Just VCM... ok.
If it was just the patents stopping it I'm sure we'd have some 3rd party options from China and/or adapters for non-Canon lenses to RF. I'm quite certain canon implemented some sort of signing or encryption scheme for communications that make it impractical to just make something that works on the mount without ending up in a cat/mouse game.
Too heavy and bulky for me. Didn't even care about the price.
Surprise, surprise! What makes a certain camera brand attractive as the differences between the main competitors concerning the camera bodies aren't looking that big to me? For me that is a large selection of lenses, so that I can pick the best-suitable ones for my needs. Canon is building very good lenses, but the selection is even 7 years after the start of RF a little bit limited. Sure, Canon want's to get the creme of the cake, but if they don't have the capacities to build certain lenses in an acceptable time, they should consider 3rd party solutions.
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