Hopefully the fanboys will stop glazing the company now, but we all know that's not going to happen anytime soon.
How is understanding that thanks to AI, prices for components are through the roof is glazing Valve. It's not their fault so I don't understand why you're so salty.
750 was an OK price. 1050, not so much. Just buy a higher specced mini pc and a steam controller at this point, and install SteamOS on it. (Or any Linux distro really)
According to Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat, the price increase the Steam Machine is facing is similar to what happened with the Steam Deck.