This allows you to easily skip scenes you dont like or re-watch scenes you liked or missed.
To help get around this issue, YouTube has a feature called Double-tap to seek.
This can allow you to easily skip back or forwards a few seconds or even minutes with multiple taps.
you could chain together as many taps as you want to keep skipping more of the video.
Unfortunately, for those who dont like the feature, you cant disable Double-tap to Seek.
How can you configure double-tap to seek?
To do so, tap your profile picture icon in the top-right corner of the app.
Tap your profile picture icon in the top-right corner to get to the in-app controls.
Tap tweaks to open YouTubes in-app tweaks.
In the main prefs menu tap General to get to the right prefs page.
Tap General to fire up the correct prefs page.
Smaller values allow you more precise control but require more double-taps to skip longer distances in the video.
Larger values make it easier to skip more of the video but provide less fine control.
Configure how many seconds you want double-tap to seek to skip when you double-tap the screen.