It's hassle when you're out/active/preoccupied/sweaty/winter with unreliable touch gloves. Sometimes it's 2 clicks for a short ad, sometimes its 8+ for long one. I consume a lot of podcasts and sometimes use a bluetooth remotes with tactile buttons. If only smartwatch like pebble still exit can have dedicated skip forward/backward button. I don't know if you listen to any popular podcasts that's also on youtube with audience sponsorblocking (like WAN show), especially with "filler" youtube gaming algo skipped. It's a much better experience eliminating 1000s of skips from your life.