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"Dropping in a cheaper keyboard and cutting the touch bar is a mistake."

Sometimes people state their opinions as facts. Sometimes people don't say anything to defend or explain their opinions. They just blurt them out. An it makes the internet so fun!!

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Doesn't need more explanation. That touch bar was very useful.

> That touch bar was very useful.

To some people, not all. There was probably just as large a contingent of people who hated it as there was who loved it.

I think Apple should have made it an optional BYO feature, but they didn't so that's what we're stuck with.

For what? I've never seen any use case. Were there specific apps for specific markets that made use of it?

My favorite one was MS Word/MS Office. It was always contextual, just quick tap on touchbar without reaching mouse and clicking option on ribbon menu. TBH I think that from apps that I used daily only MS and Apple tried to figure out how to make touch bar usable.

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