I actually find face id the best, next is power button fingerprint unlocking. I dun like fingerprint unlocking on the screen.
I like Face ID too, but mask wearing precludes that being effective. The last 2-3y, I found myself using my Android phones (Pixel 4a, then now Samsung) because of the fingerprint sensor.
It gets messy when I need to do personal tasks (eg Singpass), cos it means I need to pull down my mask briefly while outside. Only until recently did Apple finally address that, and even so only for the iPhone 12 and 13. It's actually quite sad, cos this is the kind of thing Steve Jobs and Jony Ive would have addressed early on in the pandemic - product usability is very important to them, and their passion and drive is what made Apple the company it is today.
Sadly, since Jobs died and Ives was forced out of Apple by Tim Cook, Apple is no longer the same - it's just a profit-driven company riding on a lot of old tech. Put a supply chain fellow up there, and all he cares about is to maximise profits at the lowest cost. No surprises why the price of the iPhone pretty much tripled from the time Jobs died. Jobs knew that all he had to do was to keep making quality products, and customers will buy. Cook is just riding on those laurels, and judging from recent C-level personnel movement, can't even retain staff anymore.