[unknownsavage]

One thing I found to make the touchbar less annoying is go keyboard -> Touchbar shows "Expanded Control Strip". At least then you get a full strip of useful buttons that aren't constantly switching with the application.

The main issue though is with "Expanded Control Strip" the touchbar locks up (while holding a key down) about 2 or 3 times a week (which can only be fixed by a restart or: "sudo pkill TouchBarServer")

The whole thing is pretty inexcusable for such an expensive machine, but I like the macos ecosystem.

[r00fus]

I have this feature enabled and don't have issues with the touchbar locking up (2017 model).

My main gripe with the newer MacBook Pros is the overly large and sensitive touchpad (I've tried everything) which is a real pain for palm rejection.

[dylan604]

I've found that going into the System Preferences and toggling a Touch Bar setting has kept me from doing a reboot on the couple of occasions this has happened to me.