RIP. They’ve gone absolutely insane. Imagine all the old videos with clickable picture in picture insets that will no longer work.
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It’ll break old click heres which I havent clicked 
Something retarded is going on because earlier these changed channel page and if I combine that with these “related” tags, to me it seems to point changes towards tailored feeds as I have foreseen
Basically, ruling out both user and creator options, Google will be in control
Sounds like a good move for YouTube. consolidating their features.
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You mean those obnoxious, intrusive, generally advertising like spam that most people disabled anyway?
Also:
I wouldn’t support a feature that has declined dramatically when a similar, alternative was available.
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RIP MST3K with annotations to explain some of the more obscure references.
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RIP eevblog annotations where he actually ads incredibly useful context . . .
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Sure it’s a bit less convenient for the end user, but eliminating a minor feature sounds like a good move to reduce cost and complexity of maintaining the platform. Or something. Personally, I think I can count the number of times I’ve clicked an annotation on one hand.
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Good riddance.
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THIS.
Useful context added after the fact now has to be told in descriptions.
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I prefer it that way
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Throw in an external link to a wiki or formal documentation and I’m in heaven.
Reading on screen? What is this some foreign film? 
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So?
That’s way better.
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You don’t want to see Asian video sharing sites…
COMMENTS IN YOUR FACE CONSTANTLY FLYING BY ON SCREEN.
Ya know, the same thing can be done in a video editor and baked into the video, or you could even do it, theoretically, with subtitles.
And it has not been mentioned, I don’t think.
They did not work on mobile, so useless to a vast many anyway and in that case they get nothing because they did not put it in the description and no annotations.
Yeah I can see some of the frustration but this is just better.
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It is worse. Who takes the time to read the whole description to find out if that one formula makes sense?
There is also a disable button for those comments and letting it scroll on the side.
Depends on site, but this one has one:
Yes, but like Autoplay, the default option is ON. Those that don’t know better don’t know the option exists.
Worse, some Chinese ones still rely on FLASH.
That’s an excellent point. I don’t use mobile much.
Doesn’t it save your preferences in cookies? if not, it should