Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature

https://lemmy.world/post/42102602

Yeah Google has been “toll-bridging” features into paid-premium since removal of ability to pause with screen off in YouTube.

I wouldnt be surprised if corporate greed forces them to remove pausing videos altogether. Not premium can’t pause!

Then it’ll become a premium feature to choose your videos otherwise you’ll have to consult a personalised video guide to see when the videos you want to watch will be playing.
Pretty much a traditional tv