I get this is a tool, and it's up to the creator on how to use it. I was mostly curious if I was the only one who had this experience. I agree with codetrotter on the middle ground part. It would be nice if the tool could smartly add/keep certain pauses.

My assumption is this trend started with YouTubers looking at their stats on when people leave their video. Presumably when a video has a pause, it is a moment someone can think, and thus also think about perhaps not watching the video. People like me who stop watching because of the lack of pause, stop at a seemingly random moment, so there is no clear signal in the stats.