a) you haven't used the Touch Bar. Seems a tad early to conclude that it sucks.
b) what transition to Lightning headphones? The MacBook Pro keeps the old headphone jack. Do your homework before reflexively criticizing, please.
You can't use the headphones that came with an iPhone 7 to listen to anything other than another iOS device, including this new MBP.
The mistake people are making is thinking the iPhone's transition is from 3.5mm analog audio to Lightning digital audio. It isn't, it's a transition to wireless audio, including the Lightning headphones is a compromise.
a) i develop for touch interfaces. Short of any unannounced magic, I know how they work. You have to look at them, and keyboards are input devices based around not looking at them. I'm sure they'll be useful in their current incarnation for some users, but very detrimental for others.
b) I was referring to the transition to non-wireless lightning headphones on the iphone 7, which they proposed as an alternative. It looks and feels sloppy in that regard. One hand working on macbooks isn't aware what the hand working on iphones is doing.
Do your homework before reflexively criticizing, please.
The mistake people are making is thinking the iPhone's transition is from 3.5mm analog audio to Lightning digital audio. It isn't, it's a transition to wireless audio, including the Lightning headphones is a compromise.