> Cherry kept making the same product line which they had since the 1980s, with relatively minor improvements.

Cherry was an American company that manufactured in the US until the automotive division was sold to a German company with keyboard switches thrown in. They moved production to Germany to capitalize on the perception of German quality. So, it’s not really surprising that it stagnated - it was a somewhat unwanted portion of a company and all the original folks got left behind.

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Phelinofist 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

> was sold to a German company... So, it’s not really surprising that it stagnated

As a German I _really_ feel this

	▲	riedel a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		Same here. Minor iterative engineering innovation has been the main theme for years in Germany. Somehow hoping for a wakeup call, but it is hard to be optimistic these days.