lion mclionhead20 years ago, the way to learn how to program something was to download another program & copy bits of it. The internet abounded in software source code. Most projects were never finished & only partially worked, but taught the techniques of programming. Lions always looked for projects that could run on their own & already did most of the business.
Today, instead of software source code, knowledge is disseminated in videos. You can't copy & paste anymore, can't download & run the examples, & it takes a bit longer to scrub through a video looking for enough screenshots of source code to copy the examples. Most of the time, they don't provide a runnable example but bits of a closed source product.
We got video tutorials because they can be monetized & people don't program for fun anymore as much as making money.
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Yeah I dislike video tutes too, I reckon they are a waste of bandwidth, and it's hard to revisit a section in detail, but there are good use cases like teardown tutes or tutes showing physical manipulation. Some presenters are good but some just rabbit on about some inconsequential aspect because they abhor silence.
I guess these days it's easier to just turn on the webcam and blabber away than sit at a keyword crafting the right words.
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