No, they raise price because they can and demand isn’t showing signs of stopping despite increased prices. This won’t affect whether there’s a shortage or not, besides we’re not talking direct to consumer float product, they inked commitments.

If they didn’t have a documented history of running cartel price fixing schemes for LCD/OLED display tech, NAND, and DRAM, I’d maybe agree with you but we have the history. They cry every time about China ‘dumping’ for not going along with the racket.