That would be fascinating. But Apple is so secretive, and punishes leakers, so that's pretty unlikely.

I asked a high level apple engineer about the butterfly keyboard fiasco, and he jokingly replied that he'll consider releasing that info and other insider baseball at his funeral. He's not even allowed to tell many other Apple employees what he's working on. It's not easy to get an inside perspective or gossip from Apple employees.

That would be a different article. This one is part of a series about physical controls, not business process.

Agreed. This is a fluff piece, nothing more.

The author even says that he thought the butterfly keyboards were better for typing -- i.e., for their purpose:

> I find the butterfly switches far crisper and snappier to use than the softer, mushier scissor-switch

His only point seems to be that Apple not did care about reliability, but I find that highly suspect.

It seems to me that Apple's problem was likely insufficient testing. If they had known that the keyboards would break in real-world usage, they wouldn't have shipped them.