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by kotutku 2639 days ago
I can live with the new Macbook keyboard, missing function keys and a malfunctioning key only because I always use external Apple keyboard.

The only time I use Macbook keyboard is at cafes or meetups. After 2 years I still don't like and I haven't find a single good use for the touchbar.

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It's not just not useful.

In some applications, like Chrome, I noticed that I rest my hands above the number line on the keyboard when I'm thinking, which sometimes opens a new tab.

It's infuriating. Apple broke keyboards. It feels arrogant.

It feels like a move which was completely born out of the business side of the company. Like: how can we make it more expensive to own one of our keyboards? What if it were destroyed by dust and had an OLED display built in?

There's no chance for the touchbar to get developer attention if only people who were able to drop 2K+ on a laptop in the past couple years have access to one.