It's funny, when i did click to progress, people wanted auto-click. When it was a pain to hold the mouse there, I went with a single click to auto-progress. Now that's not enough either and I guess I need auto-play?
But seriously, there's only one button in the game that stays where it starts, and that's "Search". There are early bonuses to speed, and later in the game there is auto-search so you don't even need to click it. So progress is there. I'll continue to work on balancing this sort of thing in later games. Thanks for the feedback.