The YouTube has acknowledged that it's moving towards an ad-supported model for its Originals, and Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl said that all original programming moving forward will have an ad-supported window. (Photo: Pixabay)

YouTube's annual Brandcast event has lead to an eventful change in the app. The Google-owned company lays out its plans for advertisers by taking its Originals out from the paywall and making them free and ad-supported. The YouTube has acknowledged that it's moving towards an ad-supported model for its Originals, and Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl said that all original programming moving forward will have an ad-supported window. Though it sounds like YouTube isn't fully abandoning paid subscriptions yet, everything on its slate should be available for free at some point. That includes the first two seasons of The Karate Kid follow-up Cobra Kai – season one will be available for free from August 29 to September 11, and then season two will become available.