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Humanity has been using writing for millennia. It's a proven technology. Photographs and video don't tend to last longer than the one institution or family that cares about them.
Plus writing dgaf if you get hit with a carrington event
Mostly due to previous physical constraints, I would argue. Thankfully there are fewer chances your hard drive is going to decompose into vinegar while sitting in your cupboard, and even if it does, it's likely not the only copy.
They're also more limited for current data because they're harder to parse and convert into other usable formats, but thankfully that will get better over time too.
I still preference text-first data for various reasons, but let's not dismiss the leagues of potential video has for communication and archival value, both intentional and unintentional.