I wonder if this is this a generational thing or a personal preference. I too generally prefer text with in-browser code editors. I can search text. i can jump exactly to the part I want to reference later. etc...

But, AFAIK most people under 30? will chose a video on youtube over a text (webpage) based lesson at something like 10 to 1 or 20 to 1. Note: I'm pulling those numbers out of thin air, it's just my perception.

It's also possible this is a youtube thing. Click on a single video about how to code something and youtube will start recommending more videos on how to code where as search for how to code something and find an article and your next search will not be randomly recommending more code articles

Speaking of which, I think I would find this horrifying but what if google's search home page worked like youtube so that before you entered your search it showed 20 things it thought you might be interested in based on past search clicks. Scary but it might explain the difference.