Hot Take: The (latest) Macbook Air Keyboards suck.

My observations are based on:

1. M1 Macbook Air (ex-work-laptop)
2. M2 Macbook Air (given to test out in Apple Store)
3. M4 Macbook Air (my own device)
4. M5 Pro 16 Inch Macbook Pro (girlfriends laptop
5. M1 Pro 14 Inch Macbook Pro (work laptop)

I looved the Keyboard on my M1 Macbook Air, never thought about a lack of quality in 5 years. Until now works great. Then bought the M4 as a successor and the keys work but are mushy and don't feel tactile at all. They don't spring back like the ones on the M1 or the M1 Pro. I went to the Apple Store because of something underneath a key and reported this to them. They said it's finde and gave me a M2 Air to test against. Same mushyness!

Both Airs did not have a tactile feel to the keys. My girlfriend just bought a Macbook Pro M5 Pro and the keyboard is stellar and worlds superior to the one on the M4 and M2 Air.

So: anyone with similar/contrasting observations? Anyone has a Pro and Air from the same generation and the keyboards feel equally good?

Looking forward to hear if it's just me or there's been a change in tactileness due to the change of chassis on the air or something similar.