> Consumer lock-in is an incalculable risk. For a professional practitioner, adopting dependence on custom hardware gadgets from boutique hobby ventures is an i

> Consumer lock-in is an incalculable risk. For a professional practitioner, adopting dependence on custom hardware gadgets from boutique hobby ventures is an incalculable risk. It's literally all open, you can build it yourself. If you really do develop a dependence on it, as long as you archive everything, you'll be able to get another one. You can't say the same about depending on a commercial keyboard. I am slightly worried about my moonlander breaking and then no-longer being manufactured in 5-10 years, but I know I can learn a new layout in a few days, so it's not a big issue. > Speaking for myself, I also depend on having a job where I have a boss. It's an authoritarian relationship. If my skills cannot be applied with required industry standard hardware, it's much harder for me to get/keep a job. For a professional employees, this is another incalculable risk. Where have you worked that mandated you use a standard keyboard? I've had the opposite, when I had bad wrist problems, my employer bought me a whole bunch of different ergonomic keyboards and mice to try (including foot pedals) until I found something comfortable.