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not to mention that annotations have far more uses than end screens and title cards. you're measuring them with the wrong metrics; of course they're not good at being end screens/title cards, because that's not what they are. but they *are* good at doing what only annotations do.
it's like pointing at a car and saying that it's no good because it doesn't fly. of course it doesn't, but it excels at other, different things. also, you removed the engine from the car and are now complaining that it won't start.
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