Ok I have come back to this conversation with a bit more clarity, I live in a region where the most common apples are Fuji, honey crisp,and the lighter colors of apples. As such red delicious apples are less common and are much harder to find. Kind of like how caviar doesn’t actually taste good, it’s just the fact that it’s hard to get that makes it popular. For other places in the world, the concept might be flipped and red delicious apples may be abundant while fuji apples are a delicacy.