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by rakoo 867 days ago
> On a small screen, it takes a lot of real estate

That's why the full-screen mode exists

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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.

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