[barefootcoder]

I get a bit frustrated whenever a Google search for some how-to item leads to a YouTube video leaving me thinking "this should have just been text with some pictures", but I've come to the conclusion that it's all about the money -- content creators get paid more for video content, even if it's 80% "like and subscribe and listen to me ramble" overhead, and there just isn't a good place to host well-written howto content.

[kragen]

I think it's that Google is better at filtering out spam on YouTube.

[edwr]

I think they have greater incentives for filtering out spam on YouTube.

[kragen]

Yes, and also the cost of posting spam to YouTube is higher.