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I agree there isn't much evidence for current supply issues. However...
Output may have not reduced, but it did change during the pandemic. Many fabs retired their legacy equipment to move to newer processes. However, the auto industry's designs were still based on the old processes, so they experienced a shortage. This compounded the delayed demand of consumers who didn't buy cars due to uncertainty and limited travel. That shortage has mostly been resolved, but hasn't completely settled (there are basically no "deals" and old used cars are still in high demand).
Another good example is the still ongoing Raspberry Pi shortage, a cheap SBC made with legacy processes that was too capable for its low cost and ended up integrated into all manner of commercial and industrial products.
Raspberry Pi is made by the non-profit Pi foundation with a very low target price, but the inability to get cheap legacy silicon made drove extreme scarcity, panic buying and hoarding/scalping behaviour. They have greatly scaled up production, but suppressed demand and continuing scalping are chewing up all production.
However at some tipping point there will suddenly be a vast oversupply of Raspberry Pi.
A lot of that is directly due to manufacturer decisions to keep supply short. Look at GM cutting production at their factory's for an example.
Unpunished corporate greed strikes again, and we're the whipping boy for their shenanigans