YouTube’s original content will soon be available for users who don’t have a subscription to the service.
YouTube is shifting from subscription-based original content to an ad-supported strategy and will make all of its original productions available for free in the coming years, TheWrap has confirmed.
Since 2015, YouTube’s original content was only available to consumers willing to subscribe to the company’s streaming service, YouTube Premium. However, those originals, including its most popular series, “Karate Kid”-spinoff “Cobra Kai,” will soon be available to view for free.
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“By any measure, 2018 was a breakout year for YouTube Premium and YouTube Originals.