The most plausible theory for why they stuck with the butterfly board that long, is that Jony Ive didn't leave the company until 2019. Word is, it was his baby

The most plausible theory for why they stuck with the butterfly board that long, is that Jony Ive didn't leave the company until 2019. Word is, it was his baby, and he was convinced that if they just kept tweaking it, they would get it right eventually. The keyboard I'm typing on feels identical to every other MacBook keyboard I've owned, going back to the titanium PowerBook G4. I expect it will prove comparably durable: never had a key skip or double-press on any of them, and I go hard on my equipment. I actually liked the crispness of the butterfly keys, but absolute reliability is a hard requirement and they just weren't.