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[–] sameseksure@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It held no promise. It was clear that it was a dumb idea the moment the "touch strip" leaked in 2015

There is no potential there, or Apple would've pulled it off, and even they couldn't. The entire reason a keyboard is so functional is because A) the keys don't change, so you don't have to look down to type and B) the keys are physically there and you can feel them before clicking, so you don't have to look down and C) you have to apply physical force before activating them, so you don't have to look down

All so that you don't have to look down. The touch bar fundamentally defeats the entire purpose of a keybaord.

It looks cool in screenshots. But it's so, so dumb