I'm amused seeing these binary words-are-better/video-is-better anecdotes.

It depends on the context, the people creating the content and the people consuming the content. Sometimes video is better, sometimes text is better. It just depends.

When I wanted to learn about (perhaps ironically) bookbinding, seeing videos about it was great. However, for quick reference back at how to (for example) tie a kettle stitch knot, a book is much quicker. Video is not as convenient for skimming or using in a random access manner, and search is definitely worse.

For learning something related to coding, I far prefer text to video, although that may be partly because it is easier to copy and paste into an editor so I can mess with it myself.

I could totally believe that, I'm not anti-video. I definitely prefer it for some contexts. On the other hand, I find it painfully slow for more abstract concepts and I can generally learn far more from a book than from a documentary.