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paytonjjonesyesterday at 8:59 PM0 repliesview on HN

That's true, but the thing about price fixing is that it basically guarantees these conditions.

The price is artificially high -> there's a ton of demand waiting to be unlocked by the "potential energy" gated behind the unnatural price

Capacity is easy to plan around; get too much and you can just raise the price again.