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It also takes significant resources for Apple to support it, and there is a cost to the component as well. If it is not used by developers or customers it will
by grey-area 7y ago
It also takes significant resources for Apple to support it, and there is a cost to the component as well. If it is not used by developers or customers it will be phased out.
Personally I've loved the fingerprint id in the latest Macbook Pro, and found no real use for the touch bar. I regret buying my last Macbook Pro because of the terrible quality of the keyboard (replaced keys 3 times).
- bosie 7y agoHave you tried apps like BetterTouchTool to make use of the touchbar?
- grey-area 7y agoI don't really care enough to try a productivity tool; I'm happy to try out what Apple offers first, but I've seen nothing particularly compelling. The touchID button on the other hand has been useful from day 1. I do care about the terrible build quality of the keyboard which meant keys fell off and even wore through within months of buying it. The basics are a lot more important than Apple's latest magic x, and the basics on Apple products used to be top notch.
- karatestomp 7y agoYou can't really make it part of your workflow if you use an external keyboard a fair bit of the time, anyway, which I suspect a lot of MBP users do. I bet external keyboard at the desk(s), built-in when on the move, is a common way of working with them. For that portion of the userbase, even if they liked the touchbar they don't have much reason build it into muscle memory or routines, so probably tend to ignore it or just set it to F-keys.