> More generally, I think professionals should never stray too far from industry standard tools. I have used a Moonlander for close to two years now. Other tha

> More generally, I think professionals should never stray too far from industry standard tools. I have used a Moonlander for close to two years now. Other than the few days at the beginning before muscle memory developed, I have had no issues going from a Moonlander, to a standard mechanical, to laptop keyboards. It's not nearly as big of a problem as you're making it seem, coming from my own experience. And why can't someone choose to use a tool that helps them? What's so wrong with that? > My main issue with ergodox is consumer lock-in. Dependence on custom keybindings is one thing, but dependence on custom physical keys is bad practice outside of special circumstances. What even is this argument? Oryx is just a layer on top of QMK, an open source keyboard firmware. The keys are all standard row 3 keycaps, with the exception of the thumb cluster which are 1.5u and 2u keycaps. Sure, the thumb cluster is unique, but that can be said for dozens of different keyboards: A lot have macro keys, or twists and knobs to control things like volume. Arrow key designs are different from manufacturer to manufacturer. Hell, the entire layout is different based on which country you're in. Having a thumb cluster seems like an extremely minor lock-in considering muscle memory isn't limited to one layout at a time.