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And so begins "Line must go up" and the inevitable enshittification .
That began in 2020 for them.
It's how you get to the IPO .. so yeah
ootl-- what happened in 2020?
During covid they essentially stopped selling to people and only sold to corporations with big orders which caused ridiculous scalping whenever a measly batch dropped for consumers. It wasn't until around the end of last year that people were able to buy them at regular prices again.