why do progressive slots take forever to hit even with high volatility

so i’ve been playing a bunch of these progressive slots lately, mostly the ones everyone says are super high volatility, but man it just feels like the big hits are always miles away. i get the idea that volatility means longer dry spells, but with the progressive jackpots in play too, it’s almost like double the wait. i hit a couple of small base game wins, and sometimes a nice feature, but that top jackpot never even seems close.

i know the house edge is baked in, but it got me thinking - are these progressive slots just set up so even if you do land a big feature, you’re still usually way off from that big payout unless you go through a marathon session? do folks here really just treat the progressive as pure lottery and focus on small wins, or is there some angle i’m missing with how to approach these?