To the 5 most loyal Three-Body fans still left on tumblr, I bear news that's both "bad" and good: Tencent's youtube channel just recently turned episode 3 to 30 of Three-Body to members only. The bad news is for those who haven't watched the show, you have no more legal and free access. The good news is that since you didn't bother to watch it in the past 10 months, you deserve to pay for this amazing show in the future.
The removal of free access to the show on youtube was actually talked about by fans after PBS announced the airing of the show in September. Now that more and more paid streaming services and TV channels around the world start to air Three-Body, of course, the free access would be gone.
One more reason behind this might be that Three-Body is participating in MIPCOM Cannes this year (a trade show for TV programs). I heard that our beloved show's poster gets to be displayed at the best spot at the entrance to the main theatre (THEY ACTUALLY PICKED MY FAVE POSTER because that's also my phone's lock screen). Three-Body already aired in 20ish countries, and I hope it will sell big and air in even more countries in the future.
edit in Nov: you can still watch it for free on youtube here from MiGu Official's channel, but they don't have 4k resolution and they have hard Chinese subs. The good thing is they don't have the tencent logo.
