I think a lot of people who have been reflexively buying new MacBook Pros every couple years should do themselves a favor and seriously consider a MacBook Air this time around. It's the same performance most of the time, and for tasks longer than 5 minutes, thermal throttling will only reduce performance by ~20% or so - for many that's still, plenty, plenty fast, when the baseline is a super fast machine. And in return you save some money, save some weight, get rid of the Touchbar, and get the wedge shape that doesn't put an edge right up against your wrists when typing on it the way a Pro does. Unless you really need every ounce of performance, there's a good chance an Air will just be a more enjoyable machine.