Of course that requires some market analysis not a straight up "let's charge 20x". But when talking about limited capacity in general it makes sense that you ov

Of course that requires some market analysis not a straight up "let's charge 20x". But when talking about limited capacity in general it makes sense that you overcharge to capture as much value as possible. Some customers are always willing to pay more so if you somehow know or can guess the distribution of offers it makes sense to capture everything from the most valuable buyer group down to whatever your capacity can cover rather than a random collection in the middle. In the case of the M1 it might make sense to charge at these levels especially for customers that aren't interested in using anywhere near the full value of the product. So if a company or developer estimates it will only use the equivalent of 50% of the Mac's price it would be a better deal than purchasing the thing outright and also pay the associated operational costs. As always you have to know your market if you want to maximize the profit.