• 1984@lemmy.today
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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.

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      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.

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      It’s also on YouTube, but this link is not YouTube

      Are we trying to make YouTube a generic word now?

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        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.

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        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.

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          I mean, generally I agree - but this video’s description was pretty good, and even answers the question from the video title:

          And so I don’t think immutable distros will replace regular distros. They’ll grow, and occupy a space next to let’s call them “mutable” systems, but they’ll probably never be the default thing most people use.