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There are written instructions mentioned multiple times in this thread.

This YouTube generation has ruined people being able to do basic things on their PC now. I can't find written instructions for so many things and have to "watch a video" that is 5-10 minutes long for instructions that could take me 30 seconds to read and start doing.

Sorry, small rant against Youtube generation and how it's completely screwed up written instructions online. Too many people making youtube videos to promote their stupid channels rather than to actually help people. Can be very very frustrating.

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Guys we are getting old )

At 24 I dunno if I'm "old" haha. I just get extremely frustrated when I google how to do something on a PC and it's a video. I then watch the video and it's BASIC PC FUNCTIONS. Opening applications, typing in web urls, etc.

The biggest issue though is that youtube video doesn't really add for much feedback/editing.

If I post a new thread on XBMC that says "How to get Fire TV working perfectly on XBMC!" with text/pictures then other people can read the instructions. We can improve those instructions together and we can edit that main post over and over again until it's perfect. We can edit it when new versions of XBMC require new fixes or new fire TV firmwares require new fixes to get XBMC working again.

A youtube page is static. It 99% of the time includes watching an application load, install, etc. If another member figures out a fix, they then have to describe the whole thing to the main video uploader who then must create a whole NEW video rather than just edit 1-2 steps in the main post.

I find youtube videos instrunctional when they require precision movements. When I was opening my External Harddrives and taking them apart, a youtube video is helpful to know the weak points and see how much pressure you apply before it comes apart. Some of these videos though could easily have been covered in 5 lines of text but is instead a 5-10 minute video.

Edit: Lol about the music. I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on a youtube video since I was having trouble finding text instructions, hear crazy music and just exit. I'd rather just not even fix the problem then deal with that.
That and "Top 5/10" lists on youtube that don't list what they're talking about in the description. Ya, I just want to know what the top 5 are and you think I want to watch a 15 minute video to figure out what the list is? A list I could have read in 5 seconds? Nope.