>>47548365Mechanical key switches typically don’t need to be pressed all the way down to actually get input detected and more modern ones are built to be softer to type on versus the typical membrane keyboard, so people who type for a living go for them to reduce stress on their flange joints in the long run. That’s the totally utilitarian reasoning.
In actuality it’s cause people like customizing things they use on a daily basis or making stuff based off of things they like. There’s a pretty big overlap between weebs and keyboard autists. Lot of keycap sets based off of anime and vtubers even. Legally distinctively though.
