Satoshi Nakamoto is really a genius, he can think of this to increase the price of Bitcoin because he thinks the number of requests will continue to increase.
Miners are unlikely to miss the Bitcoin Halving opportunity, Before the next Halving begins, they will save some BTC for the long term, because they know the price will increase by more than 2x the current price if the less reward they get in the next 4 years Bitcoin Halving.