Why we might never see Canon’s APS-C primes

Foskito wrote:

There are 3 APSc cameras already and ZERO RF-s prime lenses or interesting zooms like the M 11-22mm. No even a roadmap to speculate.

My take is Canon does not want to create competition or risk its full-frame share.

If they produce f1.4 compact and affordable APS-c lenses, why upgrade? They had great M-mount lenses because there was no full-frame M market to risk.

They know R7 users are happy with full-frame lenses so R10 and R50 bodies are just a way to get people into the Canon ecosystem, maybe some will upgrade to full-frame, or simply keep those “Best Buy” kits for their Disney family holidays.

I believe is the exact same thinking as Nikon with their Z50, I wonder what do you think?

Maybe Canon is waiting for a critical mass of RF-mount bodies to be sold, to be in the hands of people before they start being comfortable liberalizing their lens line up, including allowing third-party manufacturers eventually. No doubt the cost of R&D to come up with new RF bodies quite aggressively led to costs that need to be recovered, hence the perceived "protection" of the RF FF bodies / sales.

I have an R7 and only one RF-S lens (18-150mm, which is very good btw). The rest of my lenses are RF and EF, with the exception of a Tamron 60mm Macro with EF-S mount, which I can use on both the R7 and the R6Mii. It does not make my R7 feel terribly constrained or lacking options. Do I wish there are more native lenses? Of course, it's always good to have more choices. But right now, I can wait - partly because the other backup body I have is a Sony which gives me access to a slew of proprietary and third-party lenses.