Sure, numpad is great for data entry. But that's a rare specialist use case, especially for a mobile laptop where you can't use an external numpad (since data entry is usually copying data from some device or paper)
This is exactly the use case that laptops, docking stations, and multi-use ports are meant to solve. Not everyone wants or needs everything crammed into their portable machine and some people have weird needs. So laptops should have the features everyone needs and then allow you to plug in your own features as needed. Like Ethernet, floppies (they’re still in use, believe it), disk drives, etc.
But some people get very mad when a laptop is released that doesn’t have exactly what they need and don’t want to hear that there is a plugin that enables that use case. While others get very mad that there are extra things on their laptops.
