[rakoo]

> On a small screen, it takes a lot of real estate

That's why the full-screen mode exists

[Thorrez]

thrdbndndn was only advocating for always-on controls in non-fullscreen mode.

One reason people might enter fullscreen mode is to avoid seeing distracting things on the screen. Controls might be distracting.

[bisRepetita]

in full screen mode, even after people turn their phone 90 degrees, you have not much space for visible control on a 16x9 video.