I 100% agree. I love the video and it honestly makes me feel more connected to the brand. Keep up the good work, I think this can only help you stand out in an increasingly crowded space.
What rubs you the wrong way about the video? Does it being this lighthearted make you question their engineering talent? Why are fun and skill mutually exclusive? I would like to know since I am working on a B2B project, and contemplating wacky marketing.
Explain why you think $1B at $5B valuation isn't overvaluation? This strikes me as over-indexing on Ilya + teams ability to come up with something novel while trying to play catch-up.
Currently using react-dropzone seems to solve most of the major issues for me. Use that to get a signed URL via API, then upload from client to image server directly.