Why do hardware video players continue playing after N minutes of pause?

Question

Iron

On VCRs there was such a feature: if you put playback on pause, after a while playback resumes. Why it was done this way seemed to me like this: it was done in order to reduce film wear at the stop point, since the block of heads continues to rotate while being pressed against the film.
But why do modern digital players behave the same way? Are there any other considerations?

Answer 1

I have not seen such behavior, but I can guess .