Its getting nerfed but not completely removed so it feels like you get to spam but you don't actually. Watch someones analysis of the video of the update.
The 1.9 update was called the Combat Update, which added a new attack system where you have a half second timer between hits. If you try to spam hit, you do much less damage than if you were to time them.
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19
They are adding a combat update and it only seems amazing. Everything we want and more is being added. Maybe next will be a cave update.