#1 bothered me the most. A lot.

And the stupid thing was that there was plenty of space for a row of function keys and the touch bar.

I don't think that's true, at least in the 13" model.

and the F keys come back on the touch bar if you hold the fn button

My main issue was the loss of _tactile_ F keys - hard to touch type when you're finger mashing a narrow touch screen