Toxic endgame community...

[jdnyc]

You're missing the point. He's not saying you don't have the right to watch the cutscenes, but if you choose to go with DF, you don't have the right to force 7 other ppl to watch it with you. Watch the CS if you want, but don't expect everyone else to wait for you. It's not a one way street, neither play styles have priority use of DF.

The part-of-game bit is irrelevant, the skip function is also part of the game too.

Correct. Because you skip that content and don't want to experience it. This gives you no right to force someone else to skip it. That simple. On this issue it is a one-way street.