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[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A YouTube video is absolutely the worst possible way to deliver information. It's fine for entertainment, whatever. But if I'm troubleshooting something, the last fucking thing I want to do is stop what I'm doing and watch ZzZl0rp89 blather on for 8 minutes about his merch, patreon, his other channel, read an ad for Factor, and spend 3 minutes with pointless set up before he gets to the actual problem.

Even IF your specific problem has been blessed by somebody who's made a simple 2 minute video tutorial, it would still be faster and easier to digest that information in text. I can scroll to the point where I'm already at and start from there, rather than watch this guy open 2 dozen windows first. I can search within the tech to see if my problem is actually addressed here in about 2 seconds.

It's infuriating that YouTube has become the primary method for delivering troubleshooting information when you end up searching for it.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)