Explainer videos are dark patterns that replaced written howto documents in order to serve ads. Not seeing them pop up any more in search results is one of the few positive outcomes of Google switching to AI-first search results.
A few years ago, to configure a printer I had to watch a video because all the written explanations were uninteligible. The screen is tiny, the menu confusing, and I couldn't find where to enter the wifi+password until I followed the video.
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