[derekp7]

Now all Youtube needs is to give the content creator the ability to disable the fast forward / skip 10 second buttons at specified portions of the video (in return for a fee of course).

[midoridensha]

They could try that, but browser extensions like Enhancer for YouTube will fix it.

Also, you can just download the video with youtube-dl and watch it that way.

[weberer]

That's exactly what they do with their "Shorts" section. They completely take away play controls from the user.

[brokenmachine]

Is there any way to add the controls back?

I'd definitely like to disable the looping at the very least.