[makecheck]

This is also one of the many cases of Apple not following their own guidelines. They suggested that Touch Bar items should act statically like keyboard keys and not be used to display status, etc. (In reality, plenty were abused for that, I guess the allure of a dynamic colorful display was too great.)

So in this case, all they had to do was make it key-like and it wouldn’t have had any of the features that could trigger this problem.

[FunnyBadger]

Apple no longer has the hunger to get things right. It's sad as I've enjoyed the ride since 1995 but without Steve and Jony, and without having a "early acceptance stage" leaders like, but instead having a "late acceptance stage" leader (Tim the accountant), this is par for the corporate lifecycle - nothing lasts forever and Apple is now just as bureaucratic as IBM, Sperry, DEC, etc. The key thing about bureaucracies that reach this point is they become more interested in preserve bureaucratic power and privilege than focusing on customer mission. It's been repeated so many times you'd think someone would finally figure out and implement the formula to prevent it, but not ever Apple has.

[CharlesW]

Apple: Completely resets bar for computing efficiency, has PC industry scrambling.

HN: "Apple no longer has the hunger to get things right."

[randyrand]

That's pretty embarrassing. Perf teams at apple play second fiddle to any "Manager" with "A vision". This is the result.