You can now buy a keyboard that only copies and pastes

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The Key stood vertically in front of an orange background, connected to a black cord.
Here it is. | Image: Drop

Sure, why not. Stack Overflow has teamed up with tech retailer Drop to release this cute little keyboard called The Key. It’s programmed to do exactly two things: copy and paste.

The product started as an April Fools’ Day joke earlier this year — Stack Overflow users were shown alerts claiming that they had a limited number of copy / pastes and that they could only lift that cap by purchasing The Key. Users, as Stack Overflow’s blog post notes, were disappointed to find out that The Key was not a real thing they could buy.

So, you can buy it now. It’s up for preorder on Drop’s website for $29. Per the company, the next batch is shipping on December 13th.

Image: Drop
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source https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22700522/stack-overflow-macropad-mechanical-keyboard-specs

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