The touchbar was their excuse to get a non-Intel chip into the 2016+ Intel models. It failed at pretty much all it's use cases - it is not available when the l

The touchbar was their excuse to get a non-Intel chip into the 2016+ Intel models. It failed at pretty much all it's use cases - it is not available when the laptop is closed, and it's too far when you're at a desk with external keyboard attached even if you don't go clamshell. It was the ROKR of the Intel->ARM transition - a stalking horse that showed Apple had to go all-in.