Placing cursor middle of word - iOS 13

Does anyone else have issues placing the cursor in the middle of a word to edit with the new iOS 13 update?

It used to be really easy, you just clicked where you wanted the cursor to be... I have no idea why they changed it. I for the life of me couldn't work out how to do it, but found (on another website, not apple's) this explanation:

If your keyboard is currently inactive, just tap wherever you'd like your cursor to go, and it will follow suit. If your cursor is already active, tap the word you want to jump to, which will land the cursor at the beginning or end of the word. Then, long-press the middle of the word, let go, and watch your cursor appear in the middle.

So extra complicated!!

Is there any way to revert this setting, so it was how it was before? Instead of one tap, it's now a tap and a long hold (which is really tricky and glitchy, sometimes the whole word gets highlighted...)