You don't need to lift your finger, which takes time. Just shift your finger left/right a little bit.

But that’s not faster.

The old way: click, you’re done. The new way: click, hold finger, slide, and you’re done.

Like I said, it’s faster to go from 1 to 10, but 99% of the times I use it, I’m just changing the volume by 1.

Hell, it’s easier for my brain to just click 10 times than to watch where the damn slider is too.

Ah, you're comparing it to the old hardware keys. I see your point.