What happened to video progress bars?

Question

It seems all notable platforms are deliberately getting rid of this crucial UI, it has become frustrating, especially if you wanted to skip parts of the video or rewind to a specific point in the video, which are reasonable user behaviors.I find myself downloading videos to "solve" this.

jaredsohn · Accepted Answer

For Facebook some videos require you click on it to get the progress bar and annoyingly you then have to click the unmute button to hear it.Related - if you search Google for a video and it finds a video on a Youtube /search page it will play it but it pauses when you tab away from it. If you want to listen to it in the background you need to move the tab to another window or open YouTube and probably watch an ad.

BraverHeart · Answer

I'd like to also point that many content creators end up adding an artificial progress bar to the video itself...

VoodooJuJu · Answer

Do not ask questions. Just consume content then get excited for more content.

Pyrodogg · Answer

I consider the lack of ability to scrub through video to be an accessibility problem.
Controlling speed helps but as you say, sometimes you just need to "repeat that bit" and not wait for a whole minute to roll around where you might forget to catch what you're looking for. Or God forbid you do something like open comments and the video restarts.
I haven't pursued downloads yet but started looking for plugins, haven't tried any yet though. Installing plugins in a frustrated mindset didn't seem ideal.

dalmo3 · Answer

They've got TikTokifyied.

Nextgrid · Answer

You don't "engage" as much if you can skip all the filler content and get right to the interesting bit. Many people use said "engagement" to justify their salaries.