>Are mechanical keyboards the biggest meme in computers?
YES and no depending on your use case BUT MOSTLY YES
Thank you for giving me another excuse to shit on the state of the entire fucking keyboard industry OP.
Virtually every single mechanical keyboard on the market has fucking GOD AWFUL switches that are inferior to even the most garbage rubber dome $20 keyboards you'll come across. A $20 rubber dome keyboard will have more tactility and be virtually silent. Mechanical keyboards are inferior in every single way to a rubber dome keyboard for sound and tactility, the two most important factors for a keyboard while typing or even gaming.
The entire mechanical keyboard "community" and people who shill them is one of the most mesmerizing instances of modern mass hysteria that has gone unreported. There are some things about mechanical keyboards that are good, though. The fact they have shifted towards a standardized keycap stem is very useful if you want to replace your keycaps. Also having full key roll over is something you won't get with 99% of rubber dome boards. And there are many more form factors for mechanical keyboards, so you aren't stuck with giant ones like you generally are with rubber dome boards.
Low profile mechanical keyboards exist but their switch choices are
>blue
<loud as fuck switch for actual fucking retards
>brown
<linear switch that's loud as fuck with no tactility
>red
<linear switch that's still loud as fuck compared to a rubber dome with no tactility
Literally every board uses these 3 same TERRIBLE switches. And this is the only way you'll get a low profile keyboard that has full key rollover, going with these nauseating switches.
Pic related is the best keyboard I've ever used for typing, and would be for gaming if it had 6 key rollover. Small form factor, silent, built in wrist rest, these are things that people ACTUALLY FUCKING NEED when it comes to keyboards. The only issue is that it has complete shit key rollover so I can't play fighting games with it. If the industry built small form factor rubber dome boards with high fucking actuation force for real tactility with 6 keyroll over then there would be zero need for mechanical keyboards. But finding a rubber dome with high key rollover is basically next to impossible in a TKL format.
the entire keyboard industry needs to be burned to the fucking ground