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andyfilms1yesterday at 9:12 PM1 replyview on HN

Their engineers are still trying to figure out how to make backlit keys. Just give them another two decades, I'm sure they'll crack it.


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retiredyesterday at 9:20 PM

The $0.03 LED, $0.04 diffuser panel and the extra 3 cents for manufacturing keys with transparency will eat into their 93% profit margin. Can't have that. The children will just have to use a desk light.