As long as they're not colluding with others, this is actually a good thing for the consumer (as it's a short sighted business decision). What happens is when

As long as they're not colluding with others, this is actually a good thing for the consumer (as it's a short sighted business decision). What happens is when prices rise, third party investment rises because of opportunity for profit is easier. This is what Intel did for years and is now suffering... they'd been better off shipping at rock bottom prices and locking out competition. I can't wait till we have something like the Nvidia Grace processor available from SuperMicro. Hoping to kiss some of our x86 servers goodbye!