Not really. Higher end models are regularly sold out. In stock Pis are sold at an insane premium.

Love the PCIe interface upgrade. Hope they expand on it even more in the future.

What makes you think your average Windows user that is trying out Linux for the first time wouldn’t have faced the same problem? I never understood why people criticized Linus for this video. After all, the video was supposed to see whether Linux is a viable alternative for Windows users (specifically gamers).