I've been trying for almost 1 year, to get a Pi 4 at MRSP and it's impossible due to production shortages, but they decided it was a good idea to thin even more the production lines with a different model.
Sincerely, it seems a very bad idea from their part.
> I've been trying for almost 1 year, to get a Pi 4 at MRSP and it's impossible due to production shortages
Where are you? Chicago, PiShop, and Digikey have Pi4's at MSRP right now in the US, and have had them for most of the last 6 weeks. Availability in Europe looks even better...
Pi Zero 2W and CM4 are more problematic, but not in the category of "wait a year."
Sincerely, it seems a very bad idea from their part.