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by JimmyBiscuit 251 days ago
All the things you listed arent things you interact with by pressing on them thousands of times in a day. Its a hard problem to make a keyboard that feels nice, looks nice and is waterproof. Its even harder if you know that the payoff isnt that marketable, I dont think I have ever seen a mainstream laptop advertisment talking about that you can spill stuff on it. Phones barely have buttons or holes anymore and it took us quite a while for the flagship-phones to be water-resistant.
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I interact with my iphone by pressing it many times per day.

I'll give you that keyboards are hard but my thinkpad had a good keyboard with a drip tray and drainage hole.

Here's one on Amazon with good reviews https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keyboard-Waterproof-Ultra-Compact-P...

You touch it. You're not actuating any mechanisms.