I bought a Touch Bar MBP because it was finally time to retire my 2011 MBP and I think it's the best computer I've ever owned, period. I do video editing and media production (podcasts, company videos, etc.) and I feel like I put this thing though its paces regularly. On top of that, although I mainly have it hooked up to a separate display, keyboard, and mouse, the Touch Bar is amazing when I'm editing on the go. I kinda wish that my regular keyboard had it because I can scrub through all my media without having to jump back and forth between keyboard and mouse. On top of that, I installed Better Touch Tool and I can customize the Touch Bar to do pretty much anything I want and that's made it infinitely more usable. I also do app development and web development for our shop so having the terminal and being able to run node locally is wonderful.

I think the people that complained about it are people that either 1) didn't actually use one at all, 2) are 100% resistant to anything changing in their workflow, even if it might improve it in other ways (I'm looking at you ESC key nihilists in VIM), or 3) would never buy a Mac anyways because they like to tinker and/or upgrade their PCs regularly.

Frankly, I don't understand when these types of people get butthurt about a product that they will never buy and don't intend to buy just because others might get them. Just don't buy the damn thing and get on with your life. For those that do buy it because it fits their workflow and lifestyle, I think the damn thing is amazing.