[Gigachad]

Apple trackpads haven’t physically clicked in a while. It’s just a virtual click now which you can turn off

[micromacrofoot]

which is some kind of beautiful implementation tbh... everyone thinks it's a real click

[dlivingston]

One of those side benefits of the iPhone business, I suppose. “Haptic Feedback” started out, I would guess, as the vibration setting for iPhone notifications. The “vibration module” became more advanced, with support for very fine motor control, evolving into the Haptic Engine and a first-class feature when 3D Touch was announced. Not to mention its centrality to the Apple Watch and how it handles everything from notifications to scrolling the Digital Crown. It’s since spread to the MacBook line and perhaps further.

[micromacrofoot]

Indeed, one of those small innovations that sticks despite likely coming out of some adjacent failures.

[jjtheblunt]

are you sure the built in trackpads do not click? i remember the article about the external magic trackpads not clicking via pivot, but via haptic effect.

[rich_sasha]

They don’t click when the power is off.