I think this request to allow selecting multiple blocks in visual mode should not have been merged— it is a distinct request, to be able to select arbitrary text spanning consecutive blocks, as opposed to a request to select multiple entire non-consecutive blocks.
For instance i have this long introductory paragraph and finally i say the important part and introduce a nested list:
- A thing.
- Another thing.
I should be able to select the bold portions (starting with “the important part”) without it switching to “select the entire block” mode. (At least, the select entire block is what happens now; it seems it was even worse when the request was originally filed.)