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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by lotsofpulp on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:04PM (#27256588)
I do not understand how or why people prefer spending time listening or watching people talk to each other. Is it not much quicker to read transcripts? And why would I want all the noise that happens in the conversation? Reading a summary of the meat and pickles is far more efficient.

“YouTube culture” puzzles me. I love it for instructional videos though.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by GuB-42 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:50PM (#27259712)
Intonation, body language, etc... Generally transcripts don't make good reads. Well written articles/stories are a different thing.

As for summaries, long form / short form is an endless debate. Some people say summaries are worthless because you don't get the context and nuances. Others say long form articles (and videos) are a waste of time. Most people are somewhere between these two extremes.

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