If they’re running a price-fixing scheme they sure can

The problem lies in 3 companies owning a monopoly on dram production and all conspiring together to make things shit for everyone who isn’t them

They were grouping together to all raise prices at once. If everyone who sold food suddenly raised their costs together, would it be fair? There’d be consumers to buy it. Basic economics!

Just because people would pay more for something, doesn’t mean they should have to

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel