I did dread that too but then I received a brand new 13" MBP and ESC on Touch Bar has never been an issue. I did remap it caps lock out of fear but turns out I

I did dread that too but then I received a brand new 13" MBP and ESC on Touch Bar has never been an issue. I did remap it caps lock out of fear but turns out I never used it, relying solely on ESC on the Touch Bar. At first I set the Touch Bar to default to the expanded control strip but two weeks in I switched back to the default Touch Bar setting. F1-F12 are a non-issue for me as I never use them (except possibly in htop, and rarely so), relying on <Leader> sequences in vim for the longest time. Also, regarding the keyboard it was weird at first, not the least because I moved from a French to a US layout but also because of the hardware. Now that I'm used to the key response it's muscle memory to hit the keys with the right amount of force and it's a very enjoyable keyboard with a seemingly impossible touch-type feeling. I can see how that could be "not someone's thing" (like cherry blue switches vs brown vs whatever) but that's very personal and the general hatred against the keyboard and Touch Bar is pretty much overblown.