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Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40372957

fyi:

  • https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp lets you download videos (from youtube and also hundreds of other sites)
  • for desktop, https://mpv.io/ is free and lets you watch youtube (or any other video) at even more and faster speeds than youtube premium does, among many other features
  • for android, https://newpipe.net/ lets you play youtube in the background (and download videos, and block ads, ...)
  • https://ublockorigin.com/ blocks ads everywhere (and yes it does still work on youtube, at least in firefox anyway)
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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Have you seen people who complain about written jnfo his video info? Its because they can read thr info faster than listening to it be said. But if you speed it up to 2x or 3x then it becomes the same as reading in terms of time. You get used to it over time. I can't listen to anything at 1x speed anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I’ve thought about dipping my toes into this but I don’t want to start getting antsy when people talk IRL

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Do NOT do it. I dont think the time saved is worth it. It hasnt changed irl stuff for me but any media feels painfully slow. I had to listen to a 1hr video conference with a group on 1x speed and I felt like I was being tortured. I had to refocused myself every sentence because i couldn't hold attention on sentences that were being said so slowly.

    If you want to consume info fast then reading is way better.

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