[dfwgator]

You can slow down YouTube videos.

[Svartalfiar]

You can slow down YouTube videos.

The idea is usually to speed it up. But you still have to listen to some idiot drone on about his channel or other crap until he finally gets to the point of the video. And you can't jump down to the meat because you have no idea where it is. Whereas a text article usually has much less useless background / unrelated blather, and i easier to skim to find the parts that actually have the information you're looking for.