Annotations Restored for YouTube™
Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!
What is Annotations Restored for YouTube™?
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Summary
On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found.
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LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1)
- Added Discord link to popup
- Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao
- Support for Polish by Kamil K
USAGE The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup.
PERMISSIONS Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Required to load the annotations into the video player
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Allows users to watch old YouTube videos with annotations restored
- Works well with other YouTube-related extensions
- Brings back nostalgia for users
Cons
- Some users reported that it stopped working
- Does not work for everyone
- Some users are experiencing broken functionality
Most mentioned
- Nostalgia
- Works/Not working
- Old YouTube
- Extensions
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Annotations Restored for YouTube™ is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Annotations Restored for YouTube™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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