The author pretty much proves why Apple doesn't listen to any of the ranty feedback from Apple lovers (not to be confused with Apple users)
The author time and again says he'd pay for this feature or pay to not have the touchbar, whereas he could have put his money where his mouth is and bought a Thinkpad or XPS or Latitude etc.
He's doing himself a disservice by continuing to buy Macs and we're doing ourselves a disservice by up voting articles like this one.