Very true and I own a SCAB loving the body style myself. That said, I am guessing it makes up about 5-10% of the yearly orders and being a specific configuration only available in our trucks, it makes sense on why it may be discontinued.
I think if Ford looks at the market(which it does)and how many they sell, and is anyone else still producing a “Scab” style full size truck to sell. Unfortunately the scabs days were numbered.