"I haven’t read the whole article but I’m deeply opinionated about this topic."

Sometimes I truly feel like this should be the unofficial motto of HN ;)

> 10 years later I still listen to podcasts and watch most of YouTube at 2x

The sweet spot for me is between 1.5x and 1.7x (Usually speed controls aren't fine-grained enough to allow 1.7x but apps that do earn extra brownie points from me eg. VLC). It's always weird having to explain this to friends who tend to think that I'm always listening to is a rap documentary :-D