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> In that universe, there is some guy who will be three standard deviations faster. Just like you were annoyed when Slow Keys was on, he's annoyed when he's in the usual mode.

Reminds me of how my son watches youtube at 2x all the time and probably would crank it up faster if there was a higher option.

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Tell him about Enhancer for YouTube Chrome Extension, it can go past 2x.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enhancer-for-youtub...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhancer-for-...

And I totally agree with your son, YouTube and Podcasts are sometimes just slow or waste time with irrelevant/boring information, and changing the playback speed is a highly underrated way to deal with it. You do get used to 2x after a while.

I prefer the much simpler Video Speed Controller [0][1]. It works on YouTube, but also on every HTML5 video component on the web, including streaming platforms like Netflix/Prime/Disney+. No more wishing that a particular platform supported speed controls.

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/

[1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-speed-control...

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