As a user of software I find myself disabling most transition animations when the OS or application supports it, desktop, mobile and web. Very rarely I find myself turning something back on - either it's actually useful in the situation, or it's done so well that it's pleasant even to an old like me.
1.1x is my default setting in pocket casts, with a couple at 1.2x and others at 1x.
I don't need to hear more content more quickly, it's just that some readers/presenters talk very slowly and my ears find the cadence - not the slower reveal of information - a bit frustrating.
My ISP has good IPv6 support. I was using it for a while and recently disabled it across my home network for simplicity of maintenance, cutting my vyos config in half. When I need to access something not available on IPv4 I'll set it up again but I'm not convinced that will happen in my lifetime.
The removal of the forums that the author mentions was what finally ended my 1000ish day streak. It was the most important part of the app for me, the way each question would link to a forum topic and users would discuss the various subtleties.
My assumption, despite plausible claims of moderation issues, is that they removed it so that their expensive AI addon provided more value. But it was the last straw for me.