I think you perfectly nailed it. When I go to a text article, I'm in charge of how fast or slow I want to take it, I can skip text, and a feature I really don't use much is if the browser has a reading mode, which would remove all the stupid shit crammed into the site like the cookie bar or other things uBlock Origin doesn't get.

It's also that I only need to read. Videos might work with just listening but especially often they need me to also watch the feed. Way more effort so a guy can say things that I've already lost track of midway.