Adding a progress bar back might cause people to just skip to the part they want to see instead of watching the whole thing again though, and I'm worried that might not be in the best interests of the content creator or advertisers.

> I'm worried that might not be in the best interests of the content creator or advertisers.

My heart bleeds for them.

In other words, this remove slop creators' ability to waste a minute of my life with bait. How is that not a good thing?