I used to unconditionally hate videos, especially tech videos, for exactly this reason. Later I realized that these videos are made for a completely different audience - most of them are meant to be watched while sitting on a sofa with some coffee or popcorn on a Sunday evening, rather than technical communication. It's great that you can coincidentally learn something while watching it, but it's primarily infotainment. Meanwhile, clicking Hacker News or Reddit links is the modern equivalent of reading newspapers and magazines, with an audience who demands more efficient communication.
Ironically enough, I agree. I loathe trying to get information out of videos. To pick an example _completely at random_: trying to get information on how to do video editing stuff with DaVinci Resolve invariably leads to a video, which is guaranteed to increase my blood pressure at a time when I'm already annoyed.
