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Sorry but have to disagree, it makes complete sense on touch screen, most power users on tablets and phones use 2+ fingers to type, the reason the keys are the way they are is to spread load between your fingers or thumbs, so your not typing 90% of the letters with 1 side of your keyboard, on screen or otherwise. Some people use 1 finger ... mostly people who say QWERTY is useless, without understanding why it exists.
Power users also actively seek out their own optimal setup, so retiring something has less impact. Though I guess keyboards would become even more of a pissing contest than they already are if we didn't "standardize" qwerty...