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You mean that feature they got rid off a while back and replaced with something much simpler?

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/haptic-touch-vs-3d-touch-wha...

(I'm just ranting.)

I believe that was the result of a patent lawsuit brought by a company called Immersion, who developed several haptic technologies during the first wave of VR tech in the early-mid 1990s. Why they couldn't work out a licensing deal is anyone's guess; even Nintendo pays those royalties.

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