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If you want to learn by video I agree. The problem with video is that it takes forever to extract the info you need

• evilduck 3y ago
  Videos as a medium are also incentivized to reach certain lengths so they can inject ads into otherwise boring and mundane topics. As an example, try to look up on YouTube how to replace your car fob’s battery (doesn’t matter what brand) and you will absolutely encounter an 8-10 minute video offered up for what’s probably a 15 second value and something the manufacturer could have provided in a decent 3 panel illustration hosted on a static .html page, but won’t.
  • midoridensha 3y ago
    >for what’s probably a 15 second value and something the manufacturer could have provided in a decent 3 panel illustration hosted on a static .html page, but won’t. Right, because you're not supposed to do that yourself. You're supposed to go to your dealership and pay them $50 to change the $0.20 battery in 15 seconds. Do you really think you're qualified to do such a difficult operation by yourself? I actually got into an argument on Nextdoor once because someone was promoting a battery store that charged "only" $20 for this "service", and felt it was a "good value" and got mad that I was pointing out that you can just buy the battery by itself for less than a dollar and do it yourself.
• kingds 3y ago
  yes! try to learn anything related to home maintenance and it feels like youtube is your only option. and you are stuck trying to scrub through a 20 minute video to find the 10 second slice on info you’re looking for.
  • crucialfelix 3y ago
    Open the transcript. You can read through all the spoken content and click to go to a point in the video
    • yogurthewise 3y ago
      Good tip! You can also watch on 2x speed and put it back to 1x or 1.5x if you want to focus on a specific step.