I would appreciate it! Having all thumbnails visible at once is what every video platform defaults to. Youtube, Pornhub, etc. I don’t want to have to hover every single thumbnail just to see if I’m interested in the video.

Why are the thumbnails so hard to see unless you hover over a specific one?

Check out Breezy Weather! It is a fork of Geometric with a lot of updates! It’s still in beta but it’s better already. Currently available on IzzyonDroid

They have reduced AOSP connections to Google domains substantially in the last year. Many are now proxied through their own servers now.