HN – YouTube A/B testing removing playback speed controls

I've been able to deal with most of the enshitification of Youtube, but now playback speed controls are no longer available in some of my Youtube playbacks. Refreshing the page sometimes makes them available. And there's a button to enable them by subscribing to Youtube Premium.

I'm going to write to the channels that I subscribe to, to let them know why I'm leaving Youtube. Time to settle on an alternative service.

YouTube A/B testing removing playback speed controls

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