> I truly do not understand what the poster is mourning? I'm on iPhone 13 Pro Max using the latest iOS and this all seems to work as I expect...
Your iPhone 13 has Haptic Touch, not 3D Touch. Haptic Touch and 3D Touch are different things[0] and the feature was removed after the iPhone XS line. 3D Touch could actually measure the amount of force you put into the screen, it wasn't simply a "long press" like Haptic Touch is.
The feature has also been made worse in at least 2 ways.
1. With 3D Touch you didn't have to confine it to the space bar.
2. With 3D Touch you could press harder after going into cursor mode, and it would start selecting text.
3. With 3D Touch you didn't have to wait for a long press to register to activate it.
Your iPhone 13 has Haptic Touch, not 3D Touch. Haptic Touch and 3D Touch are different things[0] and the feature was removed after the iPhone XS line. 3D Touch could actually measure the amount of force you put into the screen, it wasn't simply a "long press" like Haptic Touch is.
The feature has also been made worse in at least 2 ways.
1. With 3D Touch you didn't have to confine it to the space bar.
2. With 3D Touch you could press harder after going into cursor mode, and it would start selecting text.
3. With 3D Touch you didn't have to wait for a long press to register to activate it.
You can see an example of it in this video[1]
[0]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205056
[1]: https://youtu.be/XlcCgiYF2Fs?t=26