Why are all people exactly the same? It's odd that the audio book business went out of business years ago because people only want to read.

And yes this was a snarky answer because even if you don't realize it, it was a snarky question.

Absorbing information through your audio input while the visual input is busy with a mindless task is amazing. You can listen to an article or an audiobook while doing laundry.

Everyone is different, I read rather slow and can ingest the article much quicker with audio (esp. sped up audio) than by reading it.