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Goodbye, Touch Bar, you held incredible promise (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by favicondotico@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] ClockworkAeroplane@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It wasn't "ahead of its time;" it was several years after everyone knew the idea was crap.

Lenovo had a touchbar on ThinkPads for one year (IIRC) prior to the MacBook Pro, and then it was removed because no one liked it or used it.

It's a dumb idea that solves no problems, and making us choose between F-keys, which are actually required by some apps, and an emoji picker was inexcusable.

Good riddance.

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

THANK YOU, it's so dumb and I can't believe people are saying it was ahead of its time.

People get tricked by the fact that it looks cool and futuristic. It's a terrible idea and it's embarrassing that Apple tried it after everyone else failed