I'm personally skeptical because the only thing I want to do less than watch a presentation is be forced to watch a video.

How about attending a "webinar"?

The skepticism is also driven by Google's track record of killing products and generally lacking a long-term or stable roadmap of product lines (with very few giant exceptions).

Honestly, that future sounds like a total nightmare to me. I think this comes down to that different people are better with different kinds of media.

I don't do well with video at all. I do best with the written word.

Videos are not as information dense as text - both because people talk slower than they read and because authors are forced to spend more time planning and editing. The difference between Loom and Tiktok is Looms don't have to compete for an audience (they are required to watch in order to do their job) which means they are orders of magnitude less carefully made.

>> Slides suck ass to communicate ideas,

Slides are not, and should not, be the primary medium for communicating information. They're a skeleton to hang together a presentation, set tone and context, and anchor your ideas. If they are information dense you need to be very, very careful; typically it's a sign of failure when they're too dense.

I love a good presentation, a well designed deck that compliments a presenter who knows their stuff and has (gasp!) practiced... I can't stand bad slide decks and have no tolerance for the lazy garbage that is the majority.

Tufte would be proud.