[walthamstow]

I don't agree that the market (consumers) are asking for video, they just refuse to pay for words, while Google (not the consumer) will pay for videos.

[keiferski]

Video is increasingly becoming the dominant way people use the internet:

As of 2023, roughly 65% of all internet traffic came from video sites,[4] up from 51% in 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_traffic