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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by danieldk on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:36AM (#23069263)
I hate the Touch Bar as well, and I am very happy with my 2020 Air with a fixed keyboard and no Touch Bar. But can't you just remove the icons from the Touch Bar or set it to display the Fn keys?

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/02/27/customizing-touch-b...

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by fluffything on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:39AM (#23069308)
The problem is that it is too easy to accidentally touch. Even if you set it to the Fn keys, a slightless faint of electrical conductivity between a side of your finger and the touchbar while you are pressing a number suffices for a key press. With a real key, you actually have to properly press the key. That might happen by accident, but is definetely harder.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by damon_c on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:40PM (#23070192)
Yes. It's the moments when you're carefully editing something really important... precisely pasting some line into a new location... you double and triple checked that everything is right.... and then BOOM your window is gone and replaced by some other app, or a control panel or... some weird thing happens and you're not sure what.

It's ridiculous.