It's not (just) the corporate GREED factor, although that's a first thought.
'They' changed the whole rewind/fast forward look and feel, on the instances of video material that retained those two heritage features; you see the entire package is two modes.
One mode, of playing video material, is the usual, with fast forward, pause, and rewind. In the other, 'internet' mode, you get to wait, while the 'system' goes to download the 'channel' that you tried to play,...but seamless at first, as you do the selection like a normal satellite dish system (Comcast).
That's kinda weird, as the 'internet' movie, or whatever, lacks any rewind, fast forward, or even a 'pause', although you can press the buttons,...until you realize you have now changed the PLAY mode, without really trying.
Hot day, and imprecise dish aiming, on the hot roof, affects the internet inspired channels to much greater (angst). So, while you sit and wait, for streaming to find it's stride, you cannot even change your mind....the 'go back' button just blurps at you.
And, when that process clears, and the now unwanted program starts, you realize, "HEY!",
"I wanted it at 15:10 to start"!
No way; you have to sit there for 15 minutes, while the shit plays, to 15:10.
But anyway, back to the mode / channel lucky enough to work in traditional VCR fashion, the rewind and fast forward screen presents as screen in screen. The starting point sits frozen, filling the whole, big screen.
Meanwhile, your 'moving' adjustment is in the smaller screen, in screen,...so you squint, until that button press FWD or REW held down gets the little screen to whatever you were thinking of viewing, in the first place.
Whew, by that I mean; if you can manage to remember where and what you were after, originally. For example, say you've spotted a Delorean car, and simply wanted to back up the video a few seconds.
On satelite, it's the higher up channels that get errors, more. Like NASA, on ch 352.