> Price: This is the kicker—you have to pay more for the > Touch Bar, even though it provides a worse computing > experience. And you can't get Touch ID, t

> Price: This is the kicker—you have to pay more for the > Touch Bar, even though it provides a worse computing > experience. And you can't get Touch ID, two extra > Thunderbolt ports, or a few other niche niceties without > also taking the baggage that is Touch Bar along for the ride. This has arguably been the worst part of Apple for many years. There's all sort of little fringe price-cutting measures that push you to the top of the line. They'll routinely kneecap the mid-tier in order to emphasize the top tier. And things ebb and flow, sometimes Apple seems to understand the value of the mac goes far beyond pure profit numbers (it's driving iOS profits, after all), but it really seems that they've taken a strong turn away from that especially in the past year.