Youtube Premium - any referrals for free/discounted trials?

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#3051108 17-Mar-2023 09:46

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johno1234:

That would be a decent compromise, but I can't see it offered (in NZ)

I can see it on the YouTube app. What are you viewing it through?

Thanks, was looking at youtube.com in a browser...

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#3051205 17-Mar-2023 13:50

Senecio:

I tried the YouTube music app and I just couldn't adapt. I like the Spotify daily mixes too much to give them up. The Spotify algorithm just seems to work so well to give me 6 daily mixes that cover a broad spectrum of my music listening preference.

I was the same when i went to youtube music from spotify etc, however now i find youtube music a lot better than spotify for song list and mixing. Just took a few weeks for it to learn. I tried to go back to spotify a few weeks ago to give it another go (my new watch has offline spotify) however i found it awful (bloated app, slow, longer load times for music i.e. 10 - 15 seconds before playing the song).

Also finding spotify interface awful now.

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#3051221 17-Mar-2023 14:53

Don’t get me started on the Spotify UI. I’ve also tried to move away from Spotify unsuccessfully. I hate the UI but I stay for the curated playlists and I also have a Garmin watch with offline Spotify music.

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#3052595 21-Mar-2023 00:34

A few months ago (Oct'22) I signed up 4 Indian google accounts, all in one family using a VPN and my NZ credit card, to sign up to YT family. I added these account to my kids and wife's devices to access YT premium.

A few days after I signed up all my accounts got locked by Google, and I had to contact them to unlock the primary to remove my credit card details as it was still charging me monthly even though I couldn't use it!

I too decided to do this after I received an email saying my subs would increase from $19.99 to $29.99.

I might have to revisit this as I like no ads.
Has anyone had any success creating one foreign account and linking their everyday gmail accounts as family members?

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#3052607 21-Mar-2023 07:45

jjnz1: A few months ago (Oct'22) I signed up 4 Indian google accounts, all in one family using a VPN and my NZ credit card, to sign up to YT family. I added these account to my kids and wife's devices to access YT premium.

A few days after I signed up all my accounts got locked by Google, and I had to contact them to unlock the primary to remove my credit card details as it was still charging me monthly even though I couldn't use it!

I too decided to do this after I received an email saying my subs would increase from $19.99 to $29.99.

I might have to revisit this as I like no ads.
Has anyone had any success creating one foreign account and linking their everyday gmail accounts as family members?

There's a bit of chat about this on the Aussie Whirlpool forum - https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/98prjqr9?p=42

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#3052679 21-Mar-2023 09:24

Can confirm Turkey still works, just signed up

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#3052743 21-Mar-2023 11:02

Sorry, I am sure this has been posted but it is such a long thread...

What is a suitable trial/throw-away VPN to use for this, and did we decide in the end that Wise was a suitable payment instrument?

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#3052744 21-Mar-2023 11:04

johno1234:

Sorry, I am sure this has been posted but it is such a long thread...

What is a suitable trial/throw-away VPN to use for this, and did we decide in the end that Wise was a suitable payment instrument?

I had Nord so used that - they do offer 7 day trials so you should be able to use that as a new user.

Payment method I did directly with my card

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#3052745 21-Mar-2023 11:12

johno1234:

Sorry, I am sure this has been posted but it is such a long thread...

What is a suitable trial/throw-away VPN to use for this, and did we decide in the end that Wise was a suitable payment instrument?

Wise is fine if you want to use Wise. I have a family plan via Turkey and use my standard Debit Visa card from BNZ. VPN, can't remember which one connects where.

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#3052914 21-Mar-2023 15:25

Silvrav:

Can confirm Turkey still works, just signed up

What VPN did you use and did you have a family group before signing up, or did you invite family members afterwards? Thanks

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#3053021 21-Mar-2023 18:48

dougierydal:

What VPN did you use and did you have a family group before signing up, or did you invite family members afterwards? Thanks

In my case I used the free VPN that comes with my lifetime sub to Getflix; I already had a family group set up and it applied Premium features to all members, including the kids managed under Family Link (despite the website stating it's not available on kids' accounts).

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#3053057 21-Mar-2023 21:11

dougierydal:

Silvrav:

Can confirm Turkey still works, just signed up

What VPN did you use and did you have a family group before signing up, or did you invite family members afterwards? Thanks

I used Nord VPN as I have an account with them and it seems you can add family member during set up/applying, but I had a group set up already

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#3118444 21-Aug-2023 11:16

I've been doing this for over a year but the credit card has expired.

I've updated the card details, but Google won't accept the payment as it says it needs a payment method from the billing country (Or something along those lines).
I signed up for a Wise card and tried that and get the same error message.

Doing all of this while connected to a VPN in the appropriate country and using a private browser window.
Payment profile location is set to the appropriate country too.

Anything else I need to do to make Google accept the Wise card?

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#3118460 21-Aug-2023 11:49

No matter what I tried I couldn't get Google to accept a Wise card.

Which country is your Google account currently set to? I was originally set to Argentina but their regulations changes and they would no longer accept my NZ Visa card. I think a Mastercard would have worked but I don't currently have one. I also wasn't able to get Turkey working using the VPN I have, I've heard they can be a bit temperamental.

In the end I had to move my Google account to the Philippines and that worked using my NZ Visa card. A little more expensive that Argentina or Turkey but not that much.

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#3118462 21-Aug-2023 12:16

Senecio:

No matter what I tried I couldn't get Google to accept a Wise card.

Which country is your Google account currently set to? I was originally set to Argentina but their regulations changes and they would no longer accept my NZ Visa card. I think a Mastercard would have worked but I don't currently have one. I also wasn't able to get Turkey working using the VPN I have, I've heard they can be a bit temperamental.

In the end I had to move my Google account to the Philippines and that worked using my NZ Visa card. A little more expensive that Argentina or Turkey but not that much.

Where do you set the country for your Google account?

Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

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