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No, it's because of this:
Has anything been written anywhere about the reasons for this? I can't imagine it's a money making measure. I also can't imagine it's going to deter the people who aren't already deterred by it.
It's just that I last changed the price when the BTC/USD price was $12k, so it's drifted from the intended value. Evil fees will also be updated.
The price will be fixed in bitcoins so imagine what will happen when we enter a bull market again.
The increment in price should place derived income as it was before BTC started to dip (perhaps a bit higher since there is a higher demand since September rank changes), and the FIAT equivalent amount does not add up to that much really. It may refrain some from aquiring the Copper Membership, but even so the price is not that high (depending on the country you are from).