What is the logic behind not being able to advance a muffed punt?

A fumble occurs after possession only. Since no possession occurs in a muff, it’s essentially “downing” the ball at a certain spot.

I too have volume on my TV and listened to the commentators explain everything

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But the kicking team retains possession so what’s the purpose of ending the play there?

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Because the team on defense is at a huge disadvantage. There is one person back there fielding the punt and an entire team is running at them. Typically 1-2 players are around the returner when/if he fields it.

Since the ball never changes possession on a muff they don’t want it possible for the punt team to score directly from a punt.

If it’s fielded and returned and then fumbled then it can be returned because possession officially changed.

One of my favorite rules is illegal touching on punts. I love seeing some dumbass kid just touch a ball and leave it there and then a returner picks up and returns it only to fumble, lose the ball to the punting team and then seeing the ball going back to where touching occurred and staying with the return team.

If the returner touches it, it is a loose ball right? That happens all the time. So when does the muff come into play?

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Also why can you advance a blocked punt but not a muffed punt? Literally same series of events

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A blocked punt that goes beyond the line of scrimmage is the same as a regular punt, the same rules apply, so you can't advance a muffed block punt either.

Seems like a lot of similarities between a punt and a pass.