i don't see how that can even be an actual opinion:
maybe you would never need it, but there are plenty of people who can really use the extra space that you win from removing the numpad.
many, many people never ever use the numpad. so you might as well have the opinion that full-sized is the most pointless form factor ever devised. obviously that would not be true either.
it's like saying a 4+ people car is pointless only because you don't have a family.
it's like saying noise-cancelling phones are pointless because you live in a very quiet environment.
i understand you might not benefit from the size of TKL, but it's ridiculous to say it's pointless.
Wow! It seems I did win. People have been flaming away at HHKBs, much-loved brands and community obsessions, and yet never got a single retort.
You don't understand my point. TKL is pointless not because it removes something, it is pointless because it removes the wrong thing. Look at the arrow key cluster. It's 3 full keys wide, and is full of keys I don't remember the last time I ever used. (The ones I do use, like Home, End or Delete, are too far away, and you need to move your wrist - having them on an Fn layer would be a lot more productive.) It also has a lot of empty space.
So what if you removed this, and left the numpad there? You'd get ALL THIS, plus a numpad instead of all the empty space, "Scroll lock" and "Pause/Break" (what does that even DO?)
TKL is pointless because on a numpad you have THE SAME THING (arrows, navigation, ins del), on top of the numbers themselves, in the same desk real estate.
you have a point, especially since TKL indeed has that unused space.
personally i use home, del and home alot. as well as arrow keys. i know a numpad has these keys, but since i've used the standard layout for about 20 years, i don't feel like changing the layout (tenkey vs tenkeyless).
i would not mind, at all, to adapt to someting new, but since i would only use home, del, end and the arrow keys of the numpad, there would really not be a point for me to change to a tenkey layout.
i guess i agree with you in the way that i think that TenKey makes more sense (less/no unused space, more keys).
personally, i'm sticking to TKL because the extra keys on a TenKey would not get any usage anyway, plus i'm used to TKL/full-sized layout.
as for the argument that there is 60%, well, i use my arrow keys a ton, as well as home, del and end.
not many, if any, 60% boards have these keys dedicated. i have, and love, 60% boards, but i always miss those dedicated keys while i am using that form factor.
i guess something like the hhkb with hasu's controller would be perfect for me, when it comes to layout. unfortunately i'll need to teach myself to build firmware first.