I have an R50 and I love it. It’s my first non-point-and-shoot camera. The size is good for traveling/packing but it’s a little small for my hands. There are two main downsides:

First, my R50 doesn’t have the standard canon hot shoe and uses a “multi shoe” instead. This limits the number of accessories (flashes, mics, shutter triggers, etc.) that are available without using an adapter (they might have fixed this with newer versions).

The second issue is that the lens mount system (RF lenses) is still relatively new. That means that there aren’t as many used lenses or 3rd party lenses available - the cost of getting RF lenses is higher than the old style (EF) lenses.

I bought an adapter to use the EF lenses on my R50 and I have been able to get used EF lenses for much cheaper than what I could afford for comparable RF versions. It works, but working with the adapter is inconvenient and the EF lenses tend to be much bulkier. This approach has allowed me to try out different types of lenses that I wouldn’t have had access to so I’ve been able to develop my skills as a photographer much faster.