Except you are someone with "direct knowledge of the matter", you should not invent justifications for Intel's pricing strategy. If we knew specifically why the

Except you are someone with "direct knowledge of the matter", you should not invent justifications for Intel's pricing strategy. If we knew specifically why they chose this strategy, then thats another matter. What I do know is that as consumers, we would definitely like to pay less if we can just like the company/vendors would like to pay more. Advocacy on behalf of corporations only serves to reduce our leverage in this regard.