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I suppose Tinder-style rapid decision apps might excel with a touch screen. Infinite scrollable timelines are certainly built for touchscreens, though I can’t think the last time I asked for one....

99% of the time the reason I put up with touch screens is so I don’t have to sit at my desk.

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OTOH, a physical keyboard is vastly preferable over a touch screen one.

This isn't true for smartphones anymore. Touchscreen keyboards provide much more data that can be used for autocorrect. Also, you can't swipe type on a keyboard.

> Touchscreen keyboards provide much more data that can be used for autocorrect.

My spelling mistakes are either from muscle memory hitting an incorrect sequence of characters, transposing letters, or from me not knowing how to spell a word. How is a touchscreen going to improve any of those problems?

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