Interesting, i feel somewhat the opposite. i do camera repairs on film cameras, and having the exploded diagrams and manufacturers service guide is great, but a video of someone doing a full disassembly and reassembly is generally much more helpful in that context and allows me to scrub through the video to the parts i need for my repair.
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psivchaz@reddthat.com 7 months agoIt’s so infuriating with DIY stuff and video game guides. There’s definitely a use for video in those contexts, but a lot of times I have one specific need. I don’t need to know how to completely disassemble my faucet, I just need to know how to get one handle off, and rather than search through a video and then rewind it fifty times I’d much rather have some words and pictures that I can scan through at my own speed.
Grimm665@lemmy.world 7 months ago
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 months ago
For more complex devices, I agree videos can be better.
For simpler repairs, text and stills take me less time to understand than videos, especially with ones that pad a 2 minute video to 10 minutes so it can be monetized, with like 4 minutes of intro, 2 minutes of content stretched to 4, and 2 min of outro.
snooggums@kbin.social 7 months ago
I love having both, and hate how search engines tend to drown me in video recommendations in the general search to the point that the text versions are hard to find.
It would be great if there was a text results group like there are groups for videos and images.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Video allows them to show you ads. Especially if you’re using google. At least that’s the assumption.
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Unless it’s one of those generic crappy ai articles, in which case it’s guaranteed to be on top