>>714142974
Because at absolute fucking minimum I need stabilizers that aren't crap and hotswap sockets that aren't by Outemu. I've had better barrel stabilizers on Model F keyboards than I have the average cheap mechanical, and barrel stabilizers are scratchy dogshit compared to lubed wire stabs.

>>713926760
>Plus, being able to clearly see the tech inside would embarrass the manufacturers who keep cutting corners with their iterations.
I always assumed this had to be the case, figuratively and literal transparency would reveal how much objectively worse things have gotten