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Can someone explain how something as generic as a keyboard can be a subject to patents?

My sincerest condolences.

Smart guy.

There are no bugs, it's just not doing what you expect it to be doing...

... which, now that I think of it, can be said about all software in general.

You have a point unfortunately.

Implying the orange fella has any say in programming language design and general tech conventions

The irony is that it doesn't specify which America.

Fully agree with the sentiment, and at the same time I think it's a lost battle. Even more so with more niche tech like cameras (where one is usually invested into an ecosystem instead of having just one piece of gear that can be sold on its own 5 years in - like a laptop).

One of the few positives of today's designs is the better screen-to-body ratios that we have. This would mean that we can have a 5" screen in the same physical body size that previously used to house a 4 point something inch screen. But for some reason the latest flagship small phones are from a few years ago - I guess sales figures show they're not sought after.

A bit slow to be honest, but I'm shooting Eluveitie and Infected Rain this weekend, so looking forward to that.

Yeah, fair point. Thanks for explaining. Not a native speaker, so I kind of forgot about that.

General advice - don't be picky about dedicated media controls; sure they're nice to have, but they severely limit your choices (I was in that boat too). At the same time it's very easy to make key combinations; e.g. the Caps Lock key very often gets neglected, and if this is the case for you, you can repurpose it to Fn, and from there you can do Fn+W to play/pause, Fn+Q/Fn+E for prev/next track respectively and so on (of course the specific keys are up to you). Look for QMK/VIA support over manufacturer-specific software.

Sorry I can't give a more specific recommendation. I second the idea that Keychron generally have good value for the money, so do Vortex and Ducky (although Ducky have gone up in price while not staying very competitive).