Vertical videos have had a recent rise with the development of smart phones. Our phones make it easy to record a video right from our hands and share it anywhere with anyone. The biggest side effect of recording videos with a phone is the automatic format of the videos, vertical. Ever since the invention of things such as the TV or the movie screen, the videos have always been shown in a horizontal format. When vertical videos started to pop up, these displays kept their horizontal format. In order for vertical content to be shown on the displays, huge black bars were put on each side of the video to accommodate for the loss of space. If the vertical video was zoomed in to cover the whole screen, there would be a huge loss of content. Stretching the video horizontally won't work either because of the low quality.
As vertical videos become more widespread, online streaming websites have adapted to change layout when viewing a vertical video on a vertical device. The only time I've found myself recording a vertical video is when I'm posting it to a social media that is mainly on vertical screens, such as Instagram or Snapchat. I believe that vertical videos are only bad when their shown on a horizontal display. If the vertical video is posted to a place that supports vertical videos, then I think its fine.
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