Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
It seems cut and dry to me considering only what the public has access to, so I am curious why either of their legal teams can agree on how to proceed - which makes me think that the issue is a lot more complex than either are willing to share publicly.
Often times with legal contracts, it is important to view the document as a whole because a lot of times there will be sections and articles that lay out exceptions or clarifications. To that end, I am interested to see the section where MD points out that "Massdrop would be able to exclusively manufacture and distribute the switch". And where this term is laid out - "In our agreement for the HALO switch, Input Club requested an exception to our exclusive distribution rights to allow them to offer switches directly to end customers as replacement parts and as standalone switches via their website. " If this is true on contract, MD would be in the right as they are protesting the Kickstarter sale exclusively.
Overall, we can agree this kind of thing is harmful to the community, and look forward to both parties settling on some kind of agreement. I urge everyone to be calm and not draw quick conclusions because this only divides the community. We should all root for the community instead of taking sides in a battle that we can't possibly know who is in the right at this moment in time.
So more bullshit can be propagated on the interwebs?
I just feel like it's too easy online to post a reply like Massdrop did, then say they won't be responding to anything else, and although it may come across as the right thing to do, they're final words before closing the door could be far from the truth.