YouTube Did a Thing
You notice?
YouTube... at least in my case... out of the blue... and I am sure for those dedicated enough there is a site or email list thaqt shares these types of things coming down the pipelines- it is Alphabet after all. Most of their doings have been documented with documentation ontop of documentation documenting all the changes, fixes, improvements and general design.
It isn't very often that things get shaken up too much.
A slight change in orientation of ellements or a bit of a stye tweek. No this time.
YouTube has Changed
YouTube has been changed- in someone's eye's an "update"- I consider it a down grade. Many of the features that were once availlable to all are now behind their subscription plan"(s). Damn it. Sure, i've heard many 'power users' of the platform say that it is worth it. To pay that small bit to get videos uninterrupted. I guess now, also having the many features that made things just that touh better also.
I log into my YouTube account the other week.and start que'ing up a playlist- at least they haven't taken that away from us...at least not on PC- they have on mobile- guess too many users were creating music video feeds? Maybe? I got my videos going and I sit back and have them playing in the background as I tinker away at 1 of many plethora iof project I have on my mind. A video commes up- grat content/ subject matter...except... It's illing me how slow the narrative is fowing- tyhink Charlie Brown...The Teacher at school(i may have refrenced this also in the 'YouTube Hacks or was it YouTube Speed Hacks..something on those like that... it is a number of blog posts ago). We all have those moments, just holding back that big ol' yawn. Wanna watch, but the cadene the content is being presented at is SO SLOW.
The Speed Hack- Gone!
There is a solution. At least there was... At the bottom right corner, the gear icon, clicking it gives us a nice set of options and features. I'd thought my browser rendered the site wrong at first...didn't load a bloc of code? Searching desperatley now for the 1 feature I use as often as I can... the Speed optio- the abillity to icrasespeed down the videos... great for studying or cramming in as much as 1 can or to make sure you don't miss a thing by slowing the video down. A ferw times I couldm't understand what was beingt said..slowed it down and got it. But, where is it?
A remenence is there- a tease. To remind you of how good thing had been. A siren of the oceans luring the exploring sailor in with their beauty and song...Clicking the one slider triggers a pop up message- the speed adjustment feature is now behind a subscription plan!