Two reasons occur to me: some tiny number of folks might be bothered by the slightly wider Q factor, but that's not much of a reason. The other reason is more compelling - Shimano Australia no longer stocks any 130 middle rings, bastards. Is it the same story in the US?

Pisses me off how triples are being deprecated; triple x corncob is perfect for almost anything, especially @ 11s. Compacts suck.

I recall seein' this on a menu somewheres. Or was it a dvd?

Hah, dprayvd by name...

For those who have not noticed, the OP has decided to stay with a triple.

When ?.

WTF !, I wasn't done arguing !.

Somebody ask about disc brakes, grrr..........

I think there would be a market for a nice HT II "compact" triple with tooth counts like the Sugino XD. Shimano had some non USA Trekking triple cranks for 9 speed but I think even those have gone to doubles.

Nope , the ol deore hollowtech 48 36 26 is still on lots of touring bikes stock.

And it is still such a fine crankset!

As are the mountain bike cranksets of 44 32 22, I use an xt one, but deore I think are still around.
I believe the latest ones are 44 32 24 or thereabouts

In any case, for heavily loaded touring and in mountainy terrain, variations of these work extremely well and suit the speeds one rides at with a heavy bike and dealing with steep hills.