What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
They should have to pay the final price with Massdrop / PMK possibly covering shipping costs.
@alligatortower did indicate a couple pages back that he has no issue paying the original price of the standard bottom row; I can only hope the rest are as honest as him.
Either way, I've always thought that getting upset about "fair" when someone else gets something you don't to be a little petty. Assuming everyone is acting in good faith and not like feigning ignorance to try and get free stuff, what does it matter if they get the keycaps for "free?" They have to spend a few months (assuming) without a complete set. I don't know, I just don't see how it effects anyone but them and Mass Drop. Not trying to call you out or anything, I just don't get it.
On first reading I, too, missed the part where the bottom row had to be purchased separately. I immediately felt something was off, so I read through the whole thing two more times and got a clearer idea of how the drop was structured.
Although Massdrop could have worded things more clearly, I personally think the product description sufficiently gets the point across. It should be nobody else's fault but your own if you did not realize you needed an extra kit (and its additional cost). After all, it is the buyer's responsibility to go through all the fine details before entering into a deal.
I don't mind if Massdrop sends out bottom rows for free, as long as the other customers who had to pay for it (such as myself) are also given something in good faith. It could be in the form of store credit, some extra novelties or whatever. It's the intention that counts for me, not the dollar value. You might think that getting upset about "fair" when someone else gets something you don't is being petty. Well good on you, not everybody can be the bigger man.
I bought two standard bottom row kits and both of them came with 6u hacker spacebars. Personally, I'm more irritated by this than by other people getting free bottom rows.
you should start a business. you'll be an instant hit with your "the customer shouldn't be so dense" policy