The mechanical keyboard market has been flooded with gimmicks and shilling for switches that are not discernibly better than Cherrys or Gaterons, and the people who claim they do feel different are just experiencing a placebo effect because they want them to feel different.
The only switches that really are different enough to be worth the price are Topre and bucking springs.
You must not be familiar with Kailh's Box switches, especially their tactile and clickies. The minimal amount of wobble is a nice bonus.
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although i do not agree with his text editor choice , i see where Vimlover is coming from there, true Kailh innovated a bit with the clickbar and gateron with their MX compatible optical switches, most MX compatible are either a black or brown that has been recolored and at most has a different weighted spring in it, and lower wobble is not really what i would call ground breaking innovation.
Kailh is the real MVP of the mechanical keyboard community, I don’t think it’s fair to say they “innovated a bit”.
While the crowd mentality seems to be stuck on revolving around countless recolors, dozens of HP style switch every month, hype and useless aesthetics, Kailh is actually trying to push this community forward, and they do whatever they can on the limited MX form factor.
Hot swap sockets [and v2] (!!), click bar, BOX design, round BOX design, their collabs with NK_ (Creams, BB, Muted Jades), and much more.
Maybe if we’re not going to ditch the MX form factor, the next step is to go up in switch height?…
BTW, I agree that the MX switch family tree isn’t that different from each other when you look at the 100s of versions of the HP style switch, or countless versions of the linear switches, but you can’t honestly say you don’t feel a difference between a Cherry MX Brown and Boba U4T for example, or BOX Jade vs Cherry MX Blue.
Maybe in comparison to something entirely different such as buckling springs or topre the variations in the MX world seems minuscule, I wouldn’t know I haven’t used anything other than MX type switches, but you can definitely feel a difference when using different weights and tactile mechanisms.