Youtube Premium - any referrals for free/discounted trials?

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#3132150 26-Sep-2023 15:39

i use mine thru the phillipines, but it's the family plan... really even on the full rate it's worth it. I value my time more than the $$$ tbh

darthkram

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#3134259 26-Sep-2023 19:29

I've been hit by Premium Lite being discontinued too. It's extremely annoying, I have absolutely no need for any of the other features offered in the full premium plan, I just wanted no ads.

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#3134261 26-Sep-2023 19:34

@darthkram Yep I got the same email today Premium Lite being discontinued

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#3135368 27-Sep-2023 08:53

darthkram:

I've been hit by Premium Lite being discontinued too. It's extremely annoying, I have absolutely no need for any of the other features offered in the full premium plan, I just wanted no ads.

I agree . Pretty annoying as a Premium Lite subscriber.

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#3136142 28-Sep-2023 21:54

qwertee:

darthkram:

I've been hit by Premium Lite being discontinued too. It's extremely annoying, I have absolutely no need for any of the other features offered in the full premium plan, I just wanted no ads.

I agree . Pretty annoying as a Premium Lite subscriber.

Same. Honestly, can't Google leave something in place for more than 5 minutes - or even 5 months, as it was about then I randomly got offered it and today's email refers to me as one of their "first Premium Lite Subscribers"...

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#3199624 25-Feb-2024 04:48

So my annual Turkish YouTube Premium subscription came up for renewal yesterday but I immediately ran into problems.

The first problem is that YouTube's smarts know which IP addresses Nord VPN uses, so I got a "we can't identify/confirm your location" message. I used a more obscure free VPN to solve that issue and proceeded to the renewal page.

However the second problem came when I entered my credit card number. Turkish YouTube subscriptions must now be paid with a card issued in Turkey. This was not the case last year. I had a go with my ANZ Visa first, and then my Wise Visa - but both failed. I don't have a Mastercard to try.

Has anyone else successfully renewed YT Premium via VPN in an alternate country in the past few months? If so, what country and VPN did you use?

I'm not averse to paying for content, but $23.99/month is a bit rich. On the flipside, having to sit through incessant adverts for the past 24 hours is driving me nuts!! And dozens of ads in your search results is a new 'feature' I also dont like...

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#3199632 25-Feb-2024 05:51

I use Revolut for my Indian family sub. It goes through each month.

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#3199636 25-Feb-2024 06:59

Wheelbarrow01:
So my annual Turkish YouTube Premium subscription came up for renewal yesterday but I immediately ran into problems.

Say it isn’t so!! I’ve got so used to the ad-free experience I don’t know if I could go back… Also, a wider family revolt could be on the cards if I don’t find an alternative way that works. If not, I guess we could go back to the option of shifting all the family to YT Music and cancel the Spotify Family account, which would be even cheaper than paying for two services as we do currently but comes with a lot of work…

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#3199653 25-Feb-2024 07:33

Ahh no this doesn't sound like good news.
I will my ad free YouTube.

What is revolut?

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#3199704 25-Feb-2024 09:39

CutCutCut: What is revolut?

Offers a similar service to Wise: https://www.revolut.com/

@Handle9: Any hints as to how to do this, what type of account is required etc? (Unsure if it’s worth setting up an account with any of these kinds of companies primarily for this.) Ta.

Also looks like lots of people here have used a Wise card - is that an easier/less costly option than Revolut? Has anyone had any problems with using Wise when renewing? I’d just like to be prepared if/when our payment breaks…

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#3199888 25-Feb-2024 16:34

Signed up through a VPN connected to a Vietnam server for $5.50/m. Be sure to use a back up account in case you get caught & the account is closed.

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#3199889 25-Feb-2024 16:53

MrBBEye:
Signed up through a VPN connected to a Vietnam server for $5.50/m. Be sure to use a back up account in case you get caught & the account is closed.

Which VPN?
And what credit card?

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#3199896 25-Feb-2024 17:18

Wise card & VPN Unlimited.

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#3199899 25-Feb-2024 17:27

jonathan18:
CutCutCut: What is revolut?

Offers a similar service to Wise: https://www.revolut.com/

@Handle9: Any hints as to how to do this, what type of account is required etc? (Unsure if it’s worth setting up an account with any of these kinds of companies primarily for this.) Ta.

Also looks like lots of people here have used a Wise card - is that an easier/less costly option than Revolut? Has anyone had any problems with using Wise when renewing? I’d just like to be prepared if/when our payment breaks…

I’m on the standard (free) plan and made a virtual card I use for YouTube. That’s about it.

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#3199930 25-Feb-2024 19:56

We are currently in Ukraine for YouTube and that seems to work ok, cost us $6.30 a month for the family and had no card issues like we were experiencing in Turkey.

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