As a rule, I don't watch videos. For exactly the reasons you lay out. I don't want to wait 3 minutes for them to get to the point, typically the content in a 20 minute video could be outlined in a few paragraphs and read in a few minutes. It's gonna be a real important video for me to watch it.
It's especially irritating when there is little or no text to accompany the video to even go give me an idea if it's worth my time.
Steem on :)
Yeah, the lack of descriptive text definitely bugs me, too. If there were at least a required summary, I could make a slightly more informed decision.
Sometimes the fact that typing something out is "a hassle" works in its favor, in the sense that people force themselves to get to the point.