It's hard to say if I actually mind the low travel distance. I find these keyboard very hard to type on because of the increased key size/small gaps between key

It's hard to say if I actually mind the low travel distance. I find these keyboard very hard to type on because of the increased key size/small gaps between keys, so I constantly make typos and can't seem to orient my hands correctly without looking at the keyboard. Because of this, it's hard to look at the key travel issue in a vacuum. Also, please read the article. This entire teardown is focused on refuting the "dust intrusion" hypothesis -- the writer actually seems to think that issues are rooted in malfunctioning metal domes under the keys linked to either wear, heat, humidity, or a combination or each. Basically there's no need to mitigate dust because it can't get into the dome mechanism even in the 2015-2017 keyboards before they installed extra dust guards, and part of the reason the 2018 still has issues is because, surprise surprise, the issue isn't just dust.