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Personally, it was always hard for me to figure out how much of the utility of 3D touch could just be achieved with long pressing. With the time that it takes to press down your finger, you're basically long pressing anyway

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Personally i don't have this experience. I find 3d touch way faster than a press and hold. I use it all the time to open links in new tabs in safari, its basically a right click. Instead of "tap, wait a second, open in background" its "press in and swipe up, open in background"

Although the functionality is mostly the same, it feels so much faster to me.

Also, duration is easier to control than the force of the press. In other words, it's harder to accidentally perform a long press than to accidentally perform a 3D touch.

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