The $50 Custom Keyboard Shock: Hobby Renaissance or Soulless Open-Source Theft?

March 8, 2026

Custom mechanical keyboards are cheaper than ever. But behind the $50 aluminum thock lies a dark reality of stolen QMK open-source code and corporate greed.

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