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Re:User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people o... by deno on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:37AM (#17714672)
Both of those are clones[1] of Cherry.

[1] https://deskthority.net/wiki/Category:Clones_of_Cherry_MX_sw...

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Re:User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people o... by slezyr on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:48AM (#17714729)
They copy "physical form of switches" but have different tactile feeling. Zealio has bunch of switches with different activation force. Cherry Browns might match just one type.
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Re:User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people o... by ajryan on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:03PM (#17718001)
You said "no one else makes" them...
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Re:User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people o... by deno on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:02PM (#17719447)
You’re right. I really just meant to say they are popular because of their ubiquity in gaming keyboards. That’s the biggest market for premium keyboards.

You can buy all kind of pretty keycaps for them, which is what “gamers” care about.

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