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Agreed 100%. When you work on an app every day, it all makes sense to see the cool features flash by, but you need to design for people who don't have a clue what your app does.

All that manic zooming... reminded me of Wayne's World:

Extreme close-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdxsWw_gV3E

Engineers often see no value in what marketers do. This video is what they don't do.

Wait, you are somehow sure that no marketer was involved in making this video? Seems unlikely

It stuns me how bad many engineers are in basic communication.

Made something? Dont start with a long, protracted "This is how i built it from step 1". Show the damn thing! Then tell me how you built which i will be interested in only if the product is good to begin with.

Video promises what it should: a dopamine shot!