Thjs makes sense, especially if you're buying it for your kids that keep bumping it into shit or lose joycons left and right.
199$ for half the functionality is still too much for me though (especially since Mario Odyssey is the only game out, i'm interested in).
The Lite is also going to appeal to a lot of people in Japan who are on trains for long periods of time every day- have even seen a few 'industry types' saying this is what it was made for- I don't think Nintendo is that stupid that they'd make new hardware for just one country anymore, but that's just me I guess.
Is this still considered a Switch then??
It's just a brand name...? And it's a hell of a lot better than "3DS" and "Wii U." IMO their naming is back on track after like 15 years of misses and near-misses.
I thought "3DS" was good- it's the DS successor, made in the same design style, still plays DS games, and is 3D. Makes sense. "2DS" is where it gets confusing- it's obvious why they called it that...but it also makes it sound like a previous generation of the console, lol.
Good Nintendo getting more of that Japanese market. Also the first Nintendo handheld since gba micro that doesn’t have a clam shell. Rip to clam shell handhelds. 
The DS is truly over and now I weep.
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I see a lot of similarities to the 2DS with the Switch Lite-- despite the 2DS being a clear downgrade over the original and designed to be cheaper for kids, there were still people foaming at the mouth over it and saying it was better than the 3DS models at the time because it was more comfortable. Never mind that it didn't close or had a mono speaker and no 3D.
On Twitter I've seen some
"STOP TELLING PEOPLE THAT U DON'T LIKE THE SWITCH LITE DESIGN IT'S NOT MADE 4 U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" stan-defense posts with way too many likes.
"DON'T CRITICIZE PRODUCT!!!!!!!" 
