Magic Videos

We live in the informational Video age. What has that done to Magic if anything?
I've spent hundreds of hours reviewing and studying Magic videos. There are basically five types of Magic videos; 1."I want to show you my trick". 2."Here is how I do the trick I just showed you, cool huh?". 3.Demonstration of a new effect, put out by a Magic Shop, inventor or manufacturer, these are known as teasers to entice the viewer to purchase the product. 4.Performances of Magicians performing their own show for themselves or for promotional purposes. 5.Old time films converted to digital formatting, these are usually of famous Magicians, some are good quality others are iffy. The point is, there are a lot of Magic Videos out on the net today.
I do not employee videos on my site for a number of reasons. If a person wants my products they need to understand the psychology of the trick. That psychology is gained by reading the material supplied more then viewing a video.
I think videos have there place, however I hear Magicians say they won't buy A TRICK unless they see a video. Let me remind you up and til 1990 there was no Internet as we know it today, there were no videos to speak of no DVD's.
So my question is; How did all the worlds most famous Magicians ever learn anything if they didn't have videos? Would we have ever had a Blackstone, a Houdini, a Downs, a Vernon, Kapps, Slydini or any number of other great that the community holds in such high esteem? Look at the short list I mentioned, each and every one of these men was unique, no overlap, all individuals in their approach, presentation and demeanor to their craft. Where on earth did they get those qualities without VIDEOS? To listen to some that could not be possible.
Videos to me are the 'Lazy Mans Magic. Watch, buy it, rip it, perform it, exactly, even down to the patter as in the video. The path of least resistance!
We live in the "Instant Society", and this attitude has filtered down to our Art.
Does a video make a better Magician or is it just a way to avoid reading complicated instructions? Follow the Video road, it will get you there, wherever there is!
I for one am glad our Magic forefathers had a strong command of the language and the written word,