People have a mental cap on what text should cost. If someone creates instructional content that provides thousands of dollars in value, they can sell videos for $200+, but a book version is hard to sell over $50, even if both provide the same value. Even for free content it is easier to monetize YouTube than it is to monetize a blog.
If we want people to create more text-based material, it needs to have similar financial incentives.
If we want people to create more text-based material, it needs to have similar financial incentives.