I'm with you. I see no reason to artificially inflate the price of the coin. Low prices help long term holders like me accumulate more which pulls supply off the market and helps real price increases happen. With only about 90k coins circulating, how long can it take to build a solid base?
It also seems to me that utopis were meant to be a high dividend coin that grow in value due to the increasing dividend. I get that prices increasing is exciting but a high dividend coin is something people should benefit from holding long term. This play to use the dividends to prop up the price only helps people who want to sell the coin.