[lbotos]

If I'm remembering correctly the main difference is that it was fast -- the space bar cursor is fine but I do feel like I lost something that made my input on mobile better.

Before: I'm typing quickly, and I want to move cursor, I press slightly harder.

Now: I'm typing quickly, and I want to move the cursor, I press and wait.

iOS17 has a "faster" haptic touch setting and it helps, but with 3d touch I was much faster.

[ricardobeat]

When in an input field, you simply tap to place the cursor. If you need finer placement you use the spacebar. The tap works 90% of the time since you’re usually editing whole words.

Also, iOS has kept a software implementation of force touch around, even after removing the hardware: a hard press goes directly into cursor placement, it takes a bit more force than it used to. I imagine it’s a mix of gyroscopes and detecting a growing touch surface.

[teolandon]

Just tried this a bit on a 14 Pro and a hard press and a soft press have no difference in how long it takes to enter force touch.