[ebiester]

I'm so glad YouTube and other podcast players have moved to support 3.0 speed. As I get comfortable with one, I move it up some. For things like sports and "did you know" content, I can go 2.5 if I'm not multitasking. For technical content, sometimes I'm stuck at 1.0.

[kevin_thibedeau]

You can get browser extensions to do it for all media controls on any site. YouTube's "Premium" for 3x is laughable when it's an internal browser function.

[webstrand]

Another fun thing is if you use an extension you can fast-forward through the advertisements too. For some channels I use around 3.5x playback speed.

[gregoryl]

Ublock origin blocks the ads entirely on Firefox.

[satvikpendem]

They're talking about in video sponsor ads, and those can be skipped using SponsorBlock or similar.

[LoganDark]

Premium is for up to 4x, not just 3x

[thrownthatway]

That’s an amusing observation.

Likewise, YouTube’s “premium” feature of not displaying ads is laughable when displaying content is literally an internal browser function.

I pay anyway, because I was going to pay for an on-demand streaming music service anyway.