Reading is significantly faster than listening.
Writing is significantly more precise than speaking.
You're gonna have to write information down so that it's not lost anyway.
It is much much easier to build trust in person, which is important for efficient teams.
In the end, both modes have pros and cons, but there is indeed a lot of research indicating remote teamwork is much more challenging on many dimensions
Again, granted -- I'm an outlier, but that also means that I can just operate at my full capacity when I work with text and cannot when I work "in person".