I've been using my 15" 2017 MBP since it was released (so 1.5 years) with absolutely zero keyboard issues. And honestly, I like this keyboard much more than the previous generation. (I had a 15" Early 2013 MBP until I got my current one.)
I'm not saying that my lack of issues negates the presence of issues for other people by any means, and I think that Apple's "repair" policy of "pay us hundreds of dollars to replace the bottom half of your laptop because we made a poorly-conceived design decision" is... dumb, to say the least.
But I don't relate to people who talk about how awful this keyboard is from a usability perspective. I like practically everything about the new keyboard much better than the previous generation's, but my opinion seems to be the overwhelming minority on this. What exactly is so bad about the new keyboard — leaving aside anything repair-related?
I'm not saying that my lack of issues negates the presence of issues for other people by any means, and I think that Apple's "repair" policy of "pay us hundreds of dollars to replace the bottom half of your laptop because we made a poorly-conceived design decision" is... dumb, to say the least.
But I don't relate to people who talk about how awful this keyboard is from a usability perspective. I like practically everything about the new keyboard much better than the previous generation's, but my opinion seems to be the overwhelming minority on this. What exactly is so bad about the new keyboard — leaving aside anything repair-related?