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I can't imagine getting used to the force of a click feeling different depending on where my finger is. Clicking straight down in the middle vs clicking your finger sideways when it's near the far edge, etc. When I bought my last laptop I just gave up and 3D-printed buttons to put on the bottom of the pad.

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Well in MacBooks there isn't actually any downward travel, it's just a solid block, there's only haptic feedback to indicate a click has been registered.

I don't see how that's relevant. No matter what the necessary force to actuate the click, it's a larger strain the further off perpendicular your finger is. That means it's different every time depending on where you're clicking.

I just tried several dozen clicks and not one of them moved the cursor at all through the press down/release cycle. Perhaps Apple is running algorithms to correct for this but it is a complete non-issue. You should try it and see how it feels!

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