What do you watch on that speed? Genuine question, not saying it's not a shitty arbitrary restriction
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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Not OP but informational podcast/interview type videos that are heavy on talking and long I watch at 2.25x with subtitles on.
Interesting, I do 1.5x for certain podcasts and tabletop like Critical Role, but even at that speed I miss things and lose comprehension (although I am usually multitasking as well)
Makes sense, in other contexts I'd watch at lower speeds (I watch starcraft games sometimes at 1.25x), but for me this is kind of like the video equivalent of skimming an article, actively reading and listening at the same time and not multitasking. I also manually skip around to get to relevant information faster.
I'd also like to mention that I'm able to do this because I use FreeTube, not because I pay for YouTube...
In this case, it was this video
I don't usually speed it up that much bun in this case, I wanted a 'time lapse' stile skim of the video
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Why and what type of videos are you watching at 2x speed?
That's what I wanted to know. Until I realised I don't care how people watch YouTube and that it's more annoying to me that Google is paywalling something that costs them nothing to implement.
This was a video of a machine treating pomegranate seeds 🤷 don't ask
But it was filmed in a lot of detail and there was no need to watch the whole thing. The creators should probably have made a highlights video instead.
I don't know what YouTube does when you increase playback speed, but a lot of people who listen to podcast-type material or lectures will use software that has the ability to time-stretch the playback without changing the pitch. That is, we can often understand people perfectly well speaking more quickly than they actually do.
I imagine that some people are most-likely looking at content of that sort on YouTube.
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I watch most IT/Technical videos at 1.5-2x speed. Especially tutorial style videos. Most creators use a very long and drawn out way of speaking in order to keep the viewer on the same page, but most of the time I know the core concepts already, so I don't need the super detailed parts only the barebones.
Work shit.
That i can see
It's for people who want to skim but not to read.
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Been like this for awhile now.
For android use revanced or morphe
For browser use firefox and video speed controller
Use FreeTube and Tubular lmao
Not sure if this still works but, the YouTube version I had, mobile YouTube vanced, there’s a loophole to bypass the “premium 2x speed”. It basically getting to video settings as quickly as possible.
These steps work on the YouTube vanced app on android. I don’t know what versions you’re on so it may not work.
When you open a video immediately open the video settings then click your playback settings, then select the 2x speed. On android, YouTube video buffer briefly before loading up at the very beginning, and if you successfully manage to click the playback settings it should load the old YouTube playback settings where the it listed the different speed in a column. If not, as in you were too slow to open the video settings, you can always try again. You just have to close the video and open it again using YouTube history, and again try getting to the video playback settings asap.
I am at the point where you tube is now a rare choice. I am tired of the stupid games and adblock and trying to not log in.
Fuck it, I can do without.
Use Revanced if you're on android
I was able to do 2x speed on brave browser app on my phone. Must be ad or something
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I highly recommend the extension “Enhancer for YouTube” by Max RF, it adds a shit Tom of qol features
Enshitification Nation.
This is only the beginning...
The beginning‽ They've been up to shit like this for years!
Not if you know JavaScript...
Lots of ways around this, even on locked down iOS/iPadOS
Like..?
I use a safari plugin called Wipr. There’s another I’m aware of called Vinegar