A lot of vintage hobbies have seen a resurgence in recent years. There’s the fountain pens I like so much. Film cameras are being manufactured again. Vinyl records have had more sales than CDs in recent years. Could typewriters see a similar revival—not just of interest, but of manufacturing?
No.
New typewriters are still being made. There is one factory putting them out under various brand names. But these are so low quality that they hardly count as typewriters. I can’t blame them. The ONLY way to make it economically viable is to cut every single corner.
A typewriter is a complicated machine. It has hundreds of parts. You can’t practically make them at less than factory scale, and there just isn’t a market to support a factory. This was typed on a Smith-Corona Silent. If you do the inflation math on the price it was originally sold at it’s comparable to a Macbook today. Even typewriter enthusiasts are not generally willing to spend that kind of money on a typewriter. Especially not when there are still millions of good vintage machines floating around yard sales and thrift stores.
These things are durable, and, well treated, can last for many decades. But not forever. The era of typewriters will be a relatively brief one. Enjoy them while they last.