Something about knowing that people out there find this kind of content compelling is so depressing it feels me with utter dread. Like to add insult to injury of course the person reacting to the video essay is gonna be constantly pausing throughout it so it should take at LEAST twice as long to finish the video.
So… if someone is reacting to THAT reaction it’s gonna take like 8 hours to get to the end of the video like jesus christ WHAT on earth are you people doing.
I don't often watch long videos but it's based on the fact that I've found most of them are annoying and/or rubbish and I just don't have/don't want to devote the time to them.
If I've got time to kill and have thought other content by them is good, I don't have a problem with length. I'd probably try more content creators if they varied the length or medium of their output, but if they only put out 1hr+ YouTube I'm a lot less likely to.