Having talked to a lot of people... the Touch Bar is not meant for regular computer users or for developers.

The Touch Bar is meant for graphics, audio and film professionals. That’s the “Pro”. It’s an incredibly flexible “picker/slider” for colors, volumes, mixing, and so on.

I know HN hates the touch bar... and I personally have no use for it... but we’re not the market for it. There is a market for it, but it’s not us.

I think it’s helpful to acknowledge that in these conversations, rather than act like Apple is making dumb decision in a vacuum.

(And I’m personally happy there’s now a retina MacBook Air without it, which will probably be my next machine.)