Why Must Lenovo Raise the Prices of Everything We Love?

Yes, yes, I know every tech company and its mother is raising prices these days. But there’s something about whatever Lenovo’s up to right now that just hits different. This company, after all, makes some of the best-value tablets in recent memory. Remember when you could buy a Tab One for $110? I do. Like it was yesterday.

But to quote an early 20th-century poet whom I envy for never having had to feel semiconductor pricing-related exasperation, nothing gold can…