[macNchz]

3D Touch was amazing for typing alone, I miss it basically every day when I type more than a couple of words on my phone. It was so great to be able to firm-press and slide to move the insertion point, or firmer press to select a word or create a selection. It was like a stripped down mobile version of the kind of write-and-edit flow of jumping around between words that I can get on a proper keyboard with Emacs keybindings drilled into my brain.

[Creeot]

You can still move the cursor by long pressing on the space bar, in case you didn't know. There's no equivalent replacement for the selection behavior you're describing, though (as far as I'm aware).

[Wowfunhappy]

I don't understand why Apple doesn't just let us slide to move the cursor, who needs force touch?