> because their pricing is part of their brand I know people usually say that about Apple, but to be fair to them on this occasion they have not hiked up their

> because their pricing is part of their brand I know people usually say that about Apple, but to be fair to them on this occasion they have not hiked up their prices yet because they are clearly at present still under some old deals that they did a good job negotiating. However, of course, at some point Apple will run out of both inventory and old-pricing manufacturing capacity. Yes, I am fully expecting some sort of price-hike like has been seen everywhere else. I am not naïve. When that time comes it will remain a financial calculation, Apple boxes on one side versus hosted-option-costs on another, in relation to my specific use-cases. Ultimately I still blame the chip-hoarding hyperscalers though. :)