The patent for the Cherry MX design finally expired in 2014. Since then, more and more Chinese companies have been producing switches that are also of comparable quality to Cherry's.
Cherry is lagging behind its Far Eastern competitors in so-called Hall effect switches with magnetic fields.
Cherry benefited from high demand during the coronavirus pandemic, which has since subsided.
My main keyboard came with Cherry MX Brown switches. I found it okay enough to keep it. Then I replaced them with Gateron Baby Kangaroos and those are sooooo much better. I love that keyboard so much now, I don't need to buy another one anytime, soon.
Cherry made something good but never tried to make it better in any meaningful way for the customer. It is a bit sad but now wonder to see them go this way.
The same for so many industries. First Chinese make bad cheap copies, than ok cheap copies then they make better and cheaper stuff. And the original manufacturer goes down because why buy more expensive and worse quality products?
The cherry stream, a simple keyboard that has keys that I can push without any extra crap, is my by far favorite keyboard. It's quiet, shits the fuck up to let me work, and it's cheap. I use it at home, I use it at work, everyone in my organization uses it at work.
9 Comments
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de · 57 pts · 287d
So it goes.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 34 pts · 287d
Let me guess, R&D wasn't top priority.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 287d
Yup. I've had many mech boards since 2011 and have watched Chinese manufacturers go from producing okay alternatives to surpassing Cherry in quality.
Etnaphele@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 287d
And quality is a small piece of the puzzle: experimentation, choice and fun factor are the bread and butter of this hobby.
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de · 27 pts · 287d
My main keyboard came with Cherry MX Brown switches. I found it okay enough to keep it. Then I replaced them with Gateron Baby Kangaroos and those are sooooo much better. I love that keyboard so much now, I don't need to buy another one anytime, soon.
Cherry made something good but never tried to make it better in any meaningful way for the customer. It is a bit sad but now wonder to see them go this way.
calavera@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 286d
The same for so many industries. First Chinese make bad cheap copies, than ok cheap copies then they make better and cheaper stuff. And the original manufacturer goes down because why buy more expensive and worse quality products?
Pippipartner@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 287d
NoooooooooOooooOOOooooo! Fuck
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 286d
The cherry stream, a simple keyboard that has keys that I can push without any extra crap, is my by far favorite keyboard. It's quiet, shits the fuck up to let me work, and it's cheap. I use it at home, I use it at work, everyone in my organization uses it at work.
genau@europe.pub · 1 pts · 284d
Their website does not even function on mobile.