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by hu3 744 days ago
> Does it really

Yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40580566

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My situation is similar to `dwighttk` in the comments you link to, I have stats (as in `brew home stats`) showing CPU/GPU/RAM/Network, then the standard macOs stuff + magnet + weekday and full date and time and nothing is ever hidden by the notch when using the built in display.

So - since people DO have a problem - there must be other things that a lot of users want to see but none of them are mentioned in the link.

Perhaps you don't need to organize icons like other users do.

But for us who do, it is clearly essential.

> "Ugh, this sucks. This app was nearly essential on MacBooks with a notch, since you could hide lesser used icons away to make everything fit." - LeoPanthera 13 hours ago

> "True, but it has been essential for a long time before the notch for those of us with a non-trivial amount of software. The menu bar is a popular spot and so many apps want to put an icon there." - Tagbert 13 hours ago

And that's just from a quick glance.

Most users don't even know it's possible to improve their UI with this third party tool. I bet if they knew it would be considered very important to the mas well.

Specially power users who fight with screen space.