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And then asking the janitor why they're a janitor instead of a cook. Like, if you don't like videos that's fine, but what is the point of commenting on one saying "god I hate videos."
It's especially funny that they said that everyone defaults to videos when, at least with Linux related stuff, thats definitely not the case. This guy is one of the few not terrible Linux content creators, there really aren't many Linux dedicated content creators to begin with, so what's the harm of this? Go read the arch wiki or a blog if that's what you prefer, but don't needlessly shit on a different format that others may prefer or enjoy.
Write some shit. I read faster than this moron talks. Alternatively I'll just not watch it?
Take like five seconds and figure out why marketing folks want videos to be the default and come back to talk with grown ups.
I fucking hate how stupid most people are. Our species is fucking doomed.
Stupidest and most immature person on the Internet talks shit about how dumb and infantile people are. Stunning.
Tough boy
You're downvoted to oblivion for being right. Well you could've phrased it nore civil and friendly though 😌
I miss the Internet of the beginnings. Pure, simple and efficient information. Mostly. I'd argue the downfall slowly started with geocities and the rise of "funny" animated gifs and music in websites.
And it all went bonkers with "web2.0" and sites needing 15 fat libraries and megabytes of visual pleasures to just tell the time...
Since you seem like a much more reasonable human…
For many kinds of content, I also prefer text over video for exactly the reason you say—it takes less time to read. In particular, if a company can choose a medium, I wish they close text more often. So, there is a kernel of a reasonable point here.
All that said…
Beyond just the totally unacceptable tone, even the reasonable part of the comment is misplaced here.
This is not a company, it is a single guy. Projecting onto his videos your thoughts on the motivations of the “marketing” dept seems a bit silly.
Most importantly, this guy is a YouTube content creator. His job is to create videos for YouTube. People ( regular people ) ask him to do that. Insulting a YouTube content creator for creating content on YouTube is….well…I do not not want to start the name calling but let’s just say the insults hurled above apply more to the person making those comments than they do to the guy who made this video.
As for the bigger picture, there is room in the world for both text and video. Have you ever watched television? Do you constantly rant that everything on TV should have been a book or an article? What was more popular: Game of Thrones or a Song of Ice and Fire?
Despite your preference, video has more reach. This has been true since there has been video.
There is a lot of demand for YouTube videos. There is enough that regular people are able to make a small business for themselves out of creating YouTube content. That is what is happening here. Telling somebody to stop creating content that their fans enjoy and that funds the life that they want is pretty hostile and not very smart.
YouTube is entertainment. This is not content you have to consume. It is not about efficiency. It is not content that would have been produced some other way. If you do not like it, don’t consume it. Please though, do not waste everybody’s time complaining that it exists.
Wow, thanks for calling me stupid man, really appreciate it. Lemme know when/if you're interested in having a civil conversation instead of spewing insults every other sentence.