Loss of accessibility with new player in playlist

To scrub through a video you now have to touch rather precisely in the timeline, this is unnecessarily user unfriendly, especially since “swiping away” whatever is currently playing has an unjutifiably enourmous touch area.
It’s reminiscent HTML5 webplayers that have that same accessibility issue. It was always a massive plus with the old “playlist” because it would circumvent the accessibility issues of the webplayer. Not a massive issue, since I’m not “differently abled” but if I feel the loss, then there are definitely those who are suffering worse.

@kittyloaf thanks for sharing. I was able to test and replicate a bit. I created a GitHub issue that I’ll link below. I’m also going to tag in @Mattches so he can be aware and possibly ping anyone internally if need be.

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