I think the point is that while the iPod Touch is still available on the Apple Store, it had not been updated for nearly three years and been facing quite a bit of identity crisis, i.e. questions about its place in the Apple product lineup. Apple seems to be doing the minimum to keep iPod Touch going - the 2019 update gave the Touch an A10 processor, which was already 3 year old at the time. One can only access the iPod Touch page from the Apple homepage via a link at the bottom. (Also, the macOS auto-correct doesn’t even have iPod Touch in the vocabulary - it tries to correct “Touch” to “touch” - but helpfully corrects “macbook pro” to “MacBook Pro”.)