The streaming company defended itself at the time by saying speed-changing features have long been available on DVD and Blu-ray players, and that users often directly requested that from Netflix.
In that way, it’s different from YouTube and others that allow more playback options.
True to its word at the time, the company is only offering two respective speeds for making videos slower and faster, as not to completely disturb the quality of the video and audio.
You might recall back in 2019 when the feature was first announced to be hitting the test phase, Netflix drew ire from various Hollywood filmmakers such as Judd Apatow and Brad Bird who didn’t think Netflix had a right to alter how a movie gets viewed.