Admittedly general use is often served well enough by cheaper membrane keyboards which are cheap to replace (and quieter) than mechanical keyboards. These newer keyboards are going to cost more but will likely outlast existing mechanical keyboards a good five times longer. Their debounce (reset) time is also way quicker so for real high-speed gaming use this is an advantage and there is also the possibility of analogue keys where the travel distance is measured (a bit like a joystick) so that the key is not just on or off.
See https://hackaday.com/2019/11/18/optical-keyboards-have-us-examining-typing-at-light-speed-ish/
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#^Optical Keyboards Have Us Examining Typing At Light Speed-ish
There’s a newish development in the world of keyboards; the optical switch. It’s been around for a couple years in desktop keyboards, and recently became available on a laptop keyboard …