@andrewilley Yes, for those who mostly listen to long tracks (podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) that is really annoying. Especially if long-pressing is not supported (it is not in my Subaru Crosstrek).
There might be 2 options:
1) Since the 'shuffle' and 'repeat' buttons are less necessary for long tracks, they might be replaced with two 'skip' buttons when the user chooses any long track. So you will have <skip back>, <previous>, <play>, <next>, <skip forward>. See the attached screenshot for the example.
2) The 'skip' buttons might be made optional for any track. So you will have to press a stand-alone button to display additional (two) buttons in the row above the main one.