My first SLR of any kind was a Canon AV-1 I bought (used) in 1982 when I was in high school. My first EOS was a 100 (international version of the Elan - I was living in Scotland at the time) I bought in 1992. Had a lot of fun and learned a lot traveling with the 100!
My first Canon camera was a Rebel T1i/500D, bought in 2009 (I shot film on Minolta then Pentax SLRs, then returned from a photography hiatus with Olympus 35mm P&S cameras followed by Olympus digital P&S cameras ending with a 4 MP superzoom).
In my case I've owned 40D, 50D, 7D, 7DMkii, 6D, 5DMkiii, and 5DS. Currently I own 5DMkiv and R5, both of which I use regularly, shooting at least couple of thousand images every month. I've also owned many Canon lenses, which currently include 24mm T/S-E, RF 24-105mm, RF 100-500mm, EF 100-400mm, RF 800mm F11, EF 100mm macro and EF 180mm macro. In addition to these I've owned Sony a100, a700; Nikon D610, D810; and film SLRs from Canon, Chinon, Contax, Exakta, Fujica, Konica, Minolta, Miranda, Nikon, Pentax, Praktica and Yashica. I also have several Canon-owning friends and colleagues, so I get to hear a lot of comments from them too, so I think I'm probably fairly well placed to make a few guesses about Canon's future activities.
The simultaneous release of M6 II and 90D with near-identical specifications but different form factors, was obviously designed to cater for the wants of 2 different types of user. I got the feeling at the time that Canon saw the possible impending death of the DSLR looming on the horizon, and were experimenting to see how best to present a mirrorless alternative. I think Canon misinterpreted the market in this instance. The M6 II was a bad choice IMO for precisely the reasons you have suggested, and the R7 is a much better solution, albeit still not the pro APS-C sports/wildlife camera that many of us hoped for.
I think Canon hopes the rumored high MP FF camera is the "pro APS-C sports/wildlife camera" that you mention many are hoping for.
Maybe demand is light because all of the Australian consumers have been reading the rumor sites and they know the M series is about to be discontinued.
Yes. I'd make the same decision. The 90D is definitely better for wildlife and sports. Poking a long lens on a M6 II for wildlife etc makes for a very unbalanced and fiddly experience IMO. The M bodies are best used with small compact lightweight lenses, which limits their versatility, although they are excellent as travel cameras.
Yes, and CR has completely left out entire genres and markets. UAS/drones, real estate, travel, vlogging, etc. For some of these genres an EVF is not only not required it isnt wanted at all. In some instances CR needs to crawl from under the rock and discover what's going on. The Zhiyun Crane compact gimbal camera compatibility list may be a perfect starting point. Note: The M series cameras do not require a tiny sub compact lens for every application, simply small enough, for example to clear gimbal vertical pitch angles. Sigma and other manufacturers have filled the void. On a tripod streaming video content, balance is no problem.
