YouTube support page suggests annotations, which appeared as translucent overlays on videos, will go away in Jan. 2019, after the editor tool closed in 2017 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube support page suggests annotations, which appeared as translucent overlays on videos, will go away in Jan. 2019, after the editor tool closed in 2017  —  It's all Cards and End Screens from now on  —  YouTube annotations, those annoying translucent boxes that you rush to disable …

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