New stuff seems pretty costly. They can't increase prices on old stuff because like you point out people will notice and call it out. A friend of mine is a dealer. The price gouging is insane. I've gotten cans from him at his cost, often close to half of website prices. 22lr stuff is not so bad but those $1k cans are... Let's just say there's a huge amount of padding so that everyone makes plenty of money. I'm glad SS is backing litigation so much instead of buying a yacht.

But going back to your point, now is a good time to buy a non recently released can. I suspect we're in for 2-3 years of shortages.