Found this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing.
(startrek.website)
Why did this change? Was it a greed thing?
I meant something like opening a two hour long podcast and only listening to 30-60 minutes before closing the tab or switching to a different video. With the old functionality and current internet speeds, it likely would have buffered the entire video in only a few minutes. It could have wasted multiple GB of bandwidth.