How to disable a feature?

How to disable the swipe left/right seek feature on the new iphone video player? (not only in youtube but in safari and in general too) It has become a pain to watch videos while holding your phone because you can accidentally just advance or retreat several 10s of seconds.

iPhone XR

Posted on Mar 20, 2023 4:06 PM

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Mar 20, 2023 10:42 PM in response to FireF4ng

These features are app specific. It is not possible to disable in Safari. I just checked in YouTube and I can't immediately find a method to disable the feature either.

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