I recently got a 2017 MBP for work, and yeah, whenever I have to type on it for more than a few minutes, I am reaching for my external keyboard. I bought a larger backpack and a separate USB-C hub just so I can carry my keyboard around with the laptop, because it is so inefficient and annoying to type on this thing.

Prior to this, I haven't seriously used an MBP since my '07-ish MBP died, but I can say there were no such issues with that.