I stand by this “outlook” and anyone interested is invited to visit the Framework forums and view them ad-nauseum. I won’t allow you to draw me on that debate here.
I’m pleased you have chosen to reopen this thread so that can be discussed by those who joined us since last time. The Reform is reaching critical mass where such options become feasible, and I am quietly confident will reach that point after the Next hits the market.
The beauty of so-called mechanical keyboard - and why I evangelise same for laptop and support Reform’s mission - is it is made of discrete switches. The “complex components” you refer to - switches - can be arranged according to the taste of the builder. Laptop specific ones such as the Cherry ULP selected for the Next trackpad do not even have a significant depth penalty compared to decent membrane keyboard.