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There are a ton of cooking, fitness and home improvement channels that are quite educational actually.

I'm not trying to be too negative on it, but it's because there's zero liability. I luckily had a father teach me a ton about home improvement. Half the videos they host should be seen as negligent at best, criminal at worst. But, it's no worse than YT, in fairness. But if any 'real' business did this, they'd spend all day in court.

So just like PHP tutorials then.

You mean on TikTok?

Not sure if I agree totally...

I will say it's a "convenient" for those who don't want to meaningfully educate themselves on subjects through text.

Well that content benefits a lot by video. As for not being as good as books ok whatever. No need to gatekeep education.

  No need to gatekeep education.

Well, there's a need if one actually wants to learn something. A novice generally isn't in a position to know whom they can trust to teach them.

The internet could use, specifically when it comes to education, a lot more gate-keeping.

Awful and confusingly pretentious take.

Being able to see the desired outcome alongside the steps required to achieve said outcome is far more effective for fitness and cooking than reading about them. Not to mention the time saved, ease of sharing the knowledge, reviewing, etc.

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