Is Apple deliberately feature-crippling mid-aged phones like the SE2020 with iOS26?

I have come across a few (completely non-computational-fancy) features that used to be there but now have vanished, such as creating a new contact from info that Siri has spotted in emails and such, or an immediate way (direct button) to block an unknown incoming caller. I did check with my wife's iPhone 13, and those functions are indeed still there, but not on the SE2. That seems like a somewhat nasty move to me. Any thoughts?