An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can’t stand it, but since it’s become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I’m constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they’re gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
(a) is already what they’re doing. It’s additional information for the people that want it. If you want to ignore it and just listen, do that.