Group buys are still used as a business model, but its popularity is dwindling quickly. Why is that, and is that justified?

Thomas Baart (of splitkb.com fame) dives into group buys:

Group buys are still used as a business model, but its popularity is dwindling quickly. Why is that, and is that justified?

Interesting read!

  • minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 days ago

    I joined one group buy for keycaps. Took 3 years! Switched to Topre keyboards. Now I either need to buy new sliders or sell the keycaps.

    Group buys are absolutely not for me.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    4 days ago

    I’m just disheartened on the number of otherwise beautiful keycap sets that fail to use symbology for special keys. I’m talking shift, tab, enter, backspace, caps lock, num lock, home, end, page up, page down…