Yes yes yes. I think Apple is scared to cannibalize the 16" Pro, although it's already quite differentiated. Pro is quite focused on media workloads rather than pure performance/dev workloads. I can see some dev workloads needing the pro, but most would be great on the base chip.

With the level of performance on the M1, I'll take the battery life and less weight on the Air over more cores. I hope the next gen base chip (M2?) will have more display output and more RAM, and the MBAir line up will have a 15/16" size (with the Pro speakers).

You may soon be in luck: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/03/23/15-inch-macbook-air-202...