[InternetPerson]

"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!!

[greenwoman]

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

[slantyyz]

> 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.

[api]

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

[orchee]

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.