On: Myths about USB NKRO and how USB HID works

[CarVac]

More margins make for more profit. It's always good to reduce costs regardless of how much you charge.

[Alupis → CarVac]

There's some other factor surely. We're talking pennies on a BoM, and I'm certain some high end keyboard manufacturer would love to tout a better usb controller, etc.

[p_l → Alupis]

Consider the support costs involved in dealing with things like broken BIOSes that don't send "switch to boot protocol" command and similar.

Cost of electronics is not everything.