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It’s dust.

• hombre_fatal 7y ago
  Nope, not just dust. :) My keycaps came off because I don't hit them square on, and perhaps I'm a tad more aggressive than most (emacs + vim user). It put stress on the two C-clamps at the top of those keys and they weaken their grasp before ultimately breaking from wear. I'm on my third keyboard replacement, the exact same keys failing first (ERTSDF). 2017 Macbook Pro. I am familiar with the dust issues. And I yearn for the days where those were my only issues. Now I can't even type without having to put keycaps back on to keys.
  • randomsearch 7y ago
    Parent post said if it were dust, the keys would be randomly affected. Which AFAICT (after discussing with Apple store employees) is indeed the case. Some keys are slightly more prone to dust, eg the space bar because of its size, but any key can fail. Your concern is I’m sure valid, but orthogonal to the post I was replying to.