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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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I hate YouTube videos.
If this was an article, it could be read quickly and with no annoying YouTube influencer in my face.
Or being forced to find a headset somewhere because my hearing is shit and I can't make out what they're saying (and don't get me started on the auto-generated sub's).
Also, not having ads waved in my face on YouTube is a plus.
Also, I read a lot faster than the average youtuber talks.
Some things benefit from video, but tech articles tend to not fall under that category.
The description is not written like a blog post, because it assumes the user will watch the video.
There is usually no point even reading it.
I mean, generally I agree - but this video's description was pretty good, and even answers the question from the video title:
A rare exception. :)
It's also on YouTube, but this link is not YouTube
Are we trying to make YouTube a generic word now?
Haha didn't even notice it was hosted somewhere else since I didn't click the link.
But the point is, videos have a lot of downsides and very few upsides. Sometimes it's good to get a visual explanation of something but more often than not, videos are designed to focus on the influencer and to be entertaining.
I just want to get to the information myself.