Keeping an article up to date is the reason wikis were invented
Is there any money in "Youtube for Articles?"
I'd think there's money there, just not sure for whom.
Much like DVD ads used to be unskippable, but only for the non-tech-savvy.
No. I never see ads on Youtube on my own devices, and that barely requires any effort.
I prefer the desktop website because it lets me watch the videos in better quality than the mobile website. m.youtube.com seems to limit the maximum bitrate and/or resolution of the videos. Did anyone else notice that?
As far as I understand it is a creative hack that use a local VPN server or something to block ads.
OTOH, YouTube now has a fairly high bar for monetization (1000 subs, 4000 public watch hours over last year)
A format that seems to work well with non-article is {topical content} + {multiple knowledgeable hosts} + {free form talk format with some segments}.
Early-MTV, the Screen Savers, and Car Talk were all essentially this format.
Good background noise to have playing while working. And the host-host, informal interaction makes it playable for longer than a pure just-the-facts source.
Some people will write a book about a subject, but I suspect that's hit and miss as well.
I had to fix the motor of my vacuum, for that I preferred a youtube tutorial because I want to see someone do the things I an about to do.
If on the other hand I am trying to do something in Blender I usually prefer a text tutorial to get the exact bit of information I am looking for.
Compare it to conventional teaching. You usually don't throw pupils a book with all the knowledge the could need once they can read and call it a day,but you try to ahow them how things are done.
But code, I generally like reading because most of it is abstract and in your head anyways. So I think the best media depends on what you're doing and what type of learner you are.
I'll add that sometimes I read a dozen articles and just don't get it. Then I watch an OCW and everything just clicks. The reverse also happens. Sometimes you just need a different format and/or a different voice. More options only helps.
I think it has to do with how much tacit information is embedded in your activity. Blender or vacuum motor repair videos? Yes please, because the problem domain is such that I actually need to see all the things that happen in the background of the main activity, just to reassure myself I'm on the right track. Coding? God no, typing text into computer is a very constrained activity and you gain nothing by showing it on video vs. just making an article.
So it could be some security via format obscurity.
I'm sure that's the case for many people. There's also a much broader audience of people who want to do these jailbreaks than programmers who are used to reading documentation. I imagine videos are drastically more accessible for them.
Often people want a quick fix designed specifically for them, and do not want to read even a few pages of docs.
I think you'd be surprised at the wide availability of written information and guides for emulation.
Other emulators, dolphin in particular, are fantastic in this regard.