Niche Economy: The rise and fall of the group buy model in mechanical keyboards (micro.thomasbaart.nl)

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Thomas Baart (of splitkb.com fame) dives into group buys:

Group buys are still used as a business model, but its popularity is dwindling quickly. Why is that, and is that justified?

Interesting read!

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[-] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago

I got a "gamer" mechanical, it is decent but nothing special. Black Friday 140 bucks tho

I still don't get why people rave about them. I do like the "typey" feel but it is just a feel. Cheapo key boards do the job.

Can someone explain to me how this is not a fad?

[-] atan@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

If it's something that people are using a lot then anything that improves the experience can be seen as increasingly important/valuable.

From a practicality perspective, they offer precision, feedback and speed advantages over membrane/rubber dome types which can be valuable in different use cases.

I haven't used gamer brand mechanical keyboards in a while, but my previous impression was that they were overpriced and generally at the lower quality/poorer experience end of the spectrum. I think there are likely far better options out there at all price points.

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