The comedy-drama series Cobra Kai first premiered on YouTube’s subscription tier in 2018 as a high-profile original programming experiment that the platform hoped would help cement it as a subscription destination to complement its free, ad-supported offering. Two years later, Cobra Kai has exited YouTube Premium as part of that platform’s shift away from scripted originals—and YouTube’s loss is now a rival streaming service’s gain.

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