• Voyajer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Probably when other information vectors became ubiquitous. Though this kind of content is probably best consumed while doing something else when reading would be impractical since the graphics largely aren’t necessary for understanding the material.

    Also it makes the creator more money than a digital article ever would.

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      1 year ago

      A side note/observation: good videos also take significantly more time to create/edit, along with getting decent equipment, which means a much higher startup cost.