A little over a decade ago, the patents expired on the MX switch design. The first clones (mostly from China) were cheap and terrible. Then came the ones which were cheap and almost as good. Then came the ones which were better than the originals, and eventually the ones which were more innovative too.
Meanwhile, Cherry kept making basically the same switches since the 1980s with relatively minor improvements.
constantcrying•4m ago
At this point it seems inevitable that most of Europe is going to experience severe economic struggles.
Manufacturing in Germany is dying, making anything which is cost competitive is impossible and the measures trying to fix it are miniscule compared to the magnitude of the problem.
ch_123•4m ago
Meanwhile, Cherry kept making basically the same switches since the 1980s with relatively minor improvements.