Same here, I tried replacing it with a 2018 Lenovo Carbon X1 with the intent of running Linux but that ended in tears. I just really wish they had continued this line of laptops ... or at the very least kept the keyboard in their newer models :/

Same. My '14 keyboard broke (it done got watered) and I wasn't going to pay $1500 for a repair, so I bought a replacement top case. And an entirely new laptop that runs Fedora with the remainder, to prolong the MBP's life for when I actually need OS X.

The typing experience is terrible, the touchbar is terrible and removes essential keys for many users (I press escape thousands of times a day), and it is unreliable.

Sure, if your keyboard jams, you can get it replaced for free. But you're still without your $2000 laptop for a week while it gets replaced, and it's only good for four years. Plenty of people (my Mac is a 2012 15" retina MBP) are still using laptops that old or older.