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.