This article is linked on the WW page that was just linked. It's an excellent article:
https://escapecollective.com/thomas-...arning-to-all/
There is a comment in there that Zipp has now filed for a patent on a method to bond a hook onto the rim after the initial molding. This would get them the cheaper method for the main mold process plus the safety of a hook.
Going to be a riot if they all change back to hooks in the end and start telling us hooks are great again.. figuring out a better way to make the hook seems like a better solution than eliminating it.