They’re referring to the fact that pretty much everyone in the comments defended why we still use QWERTY over any different keyboard.
Usually when people say “Big ____” they’re referring to giant corportations pushing their agendas for profit against the wellbeing or benefit of society. In this instance, it’s certainly being used in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
They’re joking essentially that people who vehemently defend qwerty are perhaps a little brainwashed.
It is known that there are keyboard layouts which are more efficient and faster (qwerty came about as a means of preventing typewriter arms from hitting each other), but none have become mainstream because everyone’s used to qwerty.
Aahh! This is the reference: https://lazysoci.al/post/13564719
Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the typist down,[2]: 162 but rather to speed up typing. Indeed, there is evidence that, aside from the issue of jamming, placing often-used keys farther apart increases typing speed, because it encourages alternation between the hands.[11]
A feature much less commented on than the order of the keys is that the keys do not form a rectangular grid, but rather each column slants diagonally. This is because of the mechanical linkages – each key is attached to a lever, and hence the offset prevents the levers from running into each other – and has been retained in most electronic keyboards.
I don’t care what anyone else says, alternate layouts are awesome
edit: actual ones like Colemak and Dvorak, not whatever AI tech bro garbage this guy is peddling
