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YouTube Premium INR 129/Month (~AU $2.63) via YouTube India (VPN Required)

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YouTube Premium INR 129/Month (~AU $2.63) via YouTube India (VPN Required)
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Mitr on 14/03/2019 - 12:00 youtube.com (5341 clicks)
Last edited 14/03/2019 - 12:50 by 2 other users

Hello all,
Google has finally launched Youtube Premium in India for INR 129(AUD ~2.60) and Family Membership for INR 189 (AUD ~3.80).
Comes with Youtube Music, No Ads in Youtube as well as Google Play Music.

https://india.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-youtube-mus…

This cost cheaper that was posted earlier for using Russian subscription option posted here https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/414890

I have signed up after cancelling Russian plan with my Macquarie Debit card so no conversion charges.

Everything included in post by @Dealbot applies here too.

Youtube Premium will give you access to -
• Ad-free videos: Watch videos without interruptions
• Save offline: Save videos and songs on your mobile device to watch offline
• Background play: Keep videos or music playing when using other apps or when your screen’s off
• Audio mode: Listen to audio only on the YouTube Music app
• Google Play Music Subscription (when available in your country) is included at no additional cost

Current pricing is $14.99 per month in Australia. This workaround should work for new and existing customers.

Again, the trick to making this work is having access to a VPN service. If you're signed up to one then the rest of the process should be fairly simple.

Instructions -
1. Connect a VPN to the server India (I connected to Bangalore)
2. Click on Paid Memberships(youtube.com), then click on Learn more.
https://www.youtube.com/paid_memberships

  1. Enter Indian address and pay by credit card.

Termination takes place under this link(music.youtube.com)
Example of a India Address :

India
Name :
Address line : My Place
Town/City : Mumbai
Postcode : 400070
State : Maharashtra

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  • su3050 on 17/03/2019 - 06:32
    -8

    Really wish I'd read all the comments first, the risk of getting locked out of my main primary Google account is too high, loss of access to my phone, photos, etc in the event of violating the ToS. I cancelled my existing Family account then signed via Ukraine (as my VPN via India was showing USD) then realised it was a really dumb idea.

    • beebul on 17/03/2019 - 08:00
      +1

      Would they really delete our accounts? I find that hard to believe

      • 11112007 on 17/03/2019 - 10:15
        +2

        I don't believe anyone anywhere has reported being suspended based on region hopping.

        The terms and conditions are crystal clear but it's up to Google to enforce them. Which they clearly haven't been doing so.

        At the end of the day its money they wouldn't have gotten. It bumps up their subscription numbers and they still get money.

        • illumination on 19/03/2019 - 20:39

          Agree with everything you've said except..

          At the end of the day its money they wouldn't have gotten.

          This is not entirely true. Might be true for some that know they would not have bought if it weren't for this deal, but in the case of others, it's ~80% less revenue (making an assumption on price difference between Aus and Indian YouTube premium subscription costs) than they would've gotten had all us Aussie ozbargainers "properly" subscribed to an Aussie version of Youtube premium.

          • ShipShapeRC on 20/03/2019 - 12:29
            +2

            @illumination: Guarantee I would not have bought it unless at this price. The extra content has little value and it's really only getting rid of ads, which I had 3 in a row which made me buy this.

    • Herbse on 17/03/2019 - 08:50
      +2

      Who has said their account got deleted??

      • beebul on 17/03/2019 - 08:52

        No-one, but I guess it is a concern.

    • giventofly on 17/03/2019 - 09:52

      It definitely is a concern. Look at Google's Terms of Service

      Using our Services
      You must follow any policies made available to you within the Services.

      Don’t misuse our Services. For example, don’t interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use our Services only as permitted by law, including applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or stop providing our Services to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.

      https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en

      • su3050 on 17/03/2019 - 10:07

        https://www.youtube.com/t/terms_paidservice

        "Geographic Restrictions. The Paid Services, and certain content available within the Paid Services, are currently available only in some countries. You agree that you will not present any false, inaccurate or misleading information in an effort to misrepresent yourself as a resident of a supported country, and you will not attempt to circumvent any restrictions on access to or availability of the Paid Services or content available within the Paid Services."

        "If YouTube reasonably determines that you violated any of the terms and conditions of the Paid Service Terms, your rights under this Section 4 will immediately terminate and YouTube may terminate your access to the Paid Service and/or your YouTube account without notice and without refund to you."

        • giventofly on 17/03/2019 - 10:12
          +2

          I am cancelling. Going back to the Google Play Music subscription. Thanks for linking it. Couldn't find that before.

          • Ulysses31 on 24/03/2019 - 09:43

            @giventofly: "So setup a disposable Google account"
            Albert Einstein
            2019

            I swear, its amazing some people know how to get out of bed.

      • 11112007 on 17/03/2019 - 10:22
        +3

        This is just generic legal requirements. If they really wanted to stop people they would region block credit cards.

        Each Google account is worth X dollars in search data. There is a very small chance they would enforce an account ban.

        • giventofly on 17/03/2019 - 10:34

          Valid point. Might leave it a few months and see how people go. I'm just curious how it'll be once they discontinue GPM and switch to YouTube music.

          • 11112007 on 17/03/2019 - 10:48
            +2

            @giventofly: Well given this sub is with YouTube the worst the TOS mentions is termination of your YouTube account, not your Google Account.

            They could be stricter than Google, but then that's a loss of revenue they wouldn't have had before and won't get back again after they ban you.

        • szabby on 20/03/2019 - 02:58
          +1

          FYI, My dad's youtube account got banned, we assume it was because I installed a Chrome extension to block YT ads. They did not give us any reason except that it violated policies.

          He cannot access his YT account at all, hence has lost his playlists etc.

          We have been waiting 2 months for Google to respond to our request to reinstate.

          His other Google Account services are normal, such as Mail etc.

          I could see them doing the same thing here. i.e. Just ban Youtube account, not your Google account. Hopefully not though.

    • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 15:31

      They would have trouble enforcing locking people out of google drive etc. Imagine the lawsuits in google stopping you getting access to your Google Drive data.

  • Reidyy123 on 17/03/2019 - 10:26

    I signed up for 189 family subscription but can't seem to add any members. It says that they are not in the same country but I'm using a VPN to India already

    • 11112007 on 17/03/2019 - 10:33
      +2

      I had an existing Aussie family subscription. When i cancelled that one and moved over to Russia and now India it allowed me to bring my family group with me.

  • Thirathep69 on 17/03/2019 - 10:34
    +1

    Family members don’t need to changed location (vpn off) just accept invitation straight away.

    • MaximumEffort777 on 17/03/2019 - 12:36

      Which doesn’t work for a lot of people, me included. I could only accept the invite for the other five accounts once connected to the VPN. Without the VPN I kept getting the different region error.

      • bmerigan on 18/03/2019 - 19:08

        Mine all worked, just clicked the link

    • ashdays on 17/03/2019 - 12:37

      This worked for me. Thanks

  • micemeat on 17/03/2019 - 14:12

    Just changed from Russian to indian, thanks a bunch.

  • billa911 on 17/03/2019 - 14:48

    Woot Woot! Thank OP. Worked perfectly

  • beebul on 17/03/2019 - 16:08

    Those on Russian… How long were you signed up?

  • imaxsameer on 17/03/2019 - 20:07

    I've VPN'd to India (same as what I use for 7-eleven app) but it still shows that that youtube is $14.99/month… what am I doing wrong?

    • Zazer on 17/03/2019 - 21:07

      Have you tried a different VPN? People have been reporting that Tunnelbear worked well, I personally used Windscribe.

    • mansunz on 17/03/2019 - 21:16
      +1

      try another VPN, purevpn didn't work but expressvpn worked.

      • imaxsameer on 17/03/2019 - 21:32

        Great thanks, i’ll try that.

        • Zazer on 17/03/2019 - 21:33

          Alternatively, you could try Tunnelbear or Windscribe, both of those work as well :)

    • petros0 on 17/03/2019 - 22:17

      which one you use for 7eleven ?

  • shonofear on 17/03/2019 - 22:07

    Cheers, worked easy

  • Blottski on 17/03/2019 - 22:42

    Worked a treat. $2.63 for ad free YouTube on the iPad and Xbox is bloody brilliant.

    Top work OP

  • aibargain on 18/03/2019 - 00:59

    Family groups aren't available for G Suite accounts
    Bummer my "family" are all on Legacy GSuite accounts
    Any tips?

    • DARK KHAOS on 24/03/2019 - 11:45

      Same here I have family on legacy account for everything google.

  • atlas on 18/03/2019 - 09:31

    Avira worked great for me. Thanks op. Are there any similar VPN hacks for cloud storage?

  • tungtran on 18/03/2019 - 10:18

    How long that price will last for?

    • Zazer on 18/03/2019 - 10:20
      +1

      Should be forever, unless they ban you.

  • grizz_li on 18/03/2019 - 10:52

    Worked for me but had to create a new gmail account as the old one was stubborn and wouldn't work with any addresses.

  • mrlb on 18/03/2019 - 16:45

    Regarding the family plan (Either India or Russia) did anyone have difficulties as the family manager sharing the plan to the family members?
    Do the family members also need to have the Russian/Indian payment profile?
    In the past I tried to share my google drive storage (however this was purchased on USA payment profile) and I would get errors saying I could do sure because I am not in the same country (since the payment profiles were different)

    • atlas on 19/03/2019 - 13:05

      Nup worked for my 2 family members

  • dorian_gray on 18/03/2019 - 19:41

    My Google Play Music stations have changed to Indian only. I think I'm going back to Aussie version.

    • xenoic on 21/03/2019 - 11:11
      +7

      You don't like Indian music?

  • wildweasel on 19/03/2019 - 15:34
    +1

    Worked Great. I think we can do the same thing for JioSaavn Pro if you listen to Indian Music. Via VPN the costs comes to 2$ per month as opposed to 7$ per month.

    • Mitr on 19/03/2019 - 16:09

      Yeah.. cheaper plans there, This is good for people on Optus as it offers Data free streaming for Google music, spotify :D

  • shiyoushi on 19/03/2019 - 17:44

    Worked fine for me! I used PIA to VPN to India, googled the address of The Janpath Hotel in Delhi and used that as my address.

  • szabby on 20/03/2019 - 03:47
    +2

    FYI after reading through 7 pages of comments for instructions and tips :-)

    I signed up using Indian VPN (PIA) for my Dad as the Family manager seeing as you he does not use Google Music.

    Googled a Hotel's address in Mumbai as payment address.

    I added my mum's Gmail to the family. When her account tried to join, it also popped up error others have noticed, i.e. Different country.

    Hence I googled "Google Pay" and went into the Google Pay settings (based on recommendations read in comments), Changed location and address to Australia.

    She then was able to join the family.

    Hopefully, after the free 1-month trial we received, we do not get charged the Australian price.

    I checked the YT subscription settings and it still says the Indian recurring price:

    YouTube Premium
    Family membership
    ₹189.00/month
    First billing date: 19 Apr 2019
    Billed with Mastercard •••• ****

    I can confirm that both my Dad's (family manager) and mum's Google Music is populated with Indian Music.

    I added 4 other family members. They signed up for ad-free Youtube. I don't think they really care about Google Music.

    I myself am already a family manager and we pay the grandfathered price of $17.99 per month, i.e. $3 each. I am happy to pay $3 to keep my Google Music recommendations normal.

    Hope this is of some help.

    • Griffindinho on 20/03/2019 - 17:51

      You should try YouTube music.

    • wordsmith on 04/04/2019 - 23:38

      ", Changed location and address to Australia."

      Do you mean changed to India? I am trying to add family members' accounts (Australian gmail/play accounts) and getting the error.

  • dealsforlife on 20/03/2019 - 07:34

    thank you, OP and SnowDragon!

  • Griffindinho on 20/03/2019 - 13:05

    nice! got charged $2.65. Hilton hotel new delhi :D

    • rachel33 on 20/03/2019 - 23:20

      Great. Hugs thanks OP

  • Focus8 on 21/03/2019 - 10:04

    For someone who doesn't use Youtube Music, seldom watch video on mobile devices, and also has AD block extension on the browser…

    Should I just say goodbye to YouTube Premium…

    Or any other features you guys high recommend?

    Thanks.

    • Zazer on 21/03/2019 - 10:22

      Well, for a couple of bucks a month I'm okay to pay even if I rarely watch videos on my mobile device. Plus you get access to YouTube Originals if there's ever one you want to watch.

      • Focus8 on 23/03/2019 - 14:32

        Yeah. Thanks.
        Just no only the money but also the time we have to spend to pay this service, like VPN, India address

        • Zazer on 23/03/2019 - 18:02

          Only took 5 minutes for me, though I already have a VPN installed, and I watch a few Youtube videos a day, so I don't mind spending a couple of bucks a month to get no ads.

        • Ulysses31 on 24/03/2019 - 09:49

          Takes longer to drink a hot coffee. It's once off.

  • chingy213 on 21/03/2019 - 10:58

    Got it working using PIA. Much easier then the Netflix Turkish hack.

  • nathanlim on 21/03/2019 - 21:28

    Is it possible for two gmail accounts to sign up for the 3 months trial. Then at the end of 3 months, sign up for the family account with 1 of this gmail as family manager, and add the 2nd gmail as family member? Is that allow?

  • xenoic on 21/03/2019 - 23:01

    Got a feeling that Youtube will suddenly get notification surge of subscription from India!

    • marka on 22/03/2019 - 08:53
      +3

      Should blend in with the rest of India

    • nathanlim on 22/03/2019 - 12:08
      +4

      Australia population 24M. India population 1.3B (1300M)

      Even if every Australia sign up this way, is only 1.8%. Don't think YouTube will even notice that.

      • Ulysses31 on 24/03/2019 - 09:55
        +3

        Agreed. But with insanely simple algorithms, they could knock off any % they want, within an hour.

        They're GOOGLE, PEOPLE!

        So use this great deal, while they allow us too. It's awesome & dirt cheap. They know day-to-day what business profile they're running. 10x more capable than Microsoft for live data. For as long as we've known them, world domination is their MO. So stop overthinking it & enjoy.

        If this is risky to you, please don't enter a kitchen, or leave the house.

        • ashdays on 24/03/2019 - 11:35

          Ha ha. Love your post. Especially the last line! :) :0

  • spy on 22/03/2019 - 16:14

    Didn't ask for address, only state. Bizarre.

    • Fuzor on 22/03/2019 - 18:35

      Yep same here

  • pmld on 25/03/2019 - 15:45

    Keeps asking for an Indian mobile number to verify. Anyone know a work around?

  • zah on 26/03/2019 - 22:48
    +1

    Spent an hour trying to add second account to Family Group. $3.88/month for the two of us. Thank you!

  • arctan on 28/03/2019 - 19:33

    Guys how do I join the family group? Keep getting country not the same issue here. Tried Tunnelbear, VPN Unlimited, NordVPN, all failed to join the family account :(

    • Iwantthatbargain on 02/04/2019 - 20:53

      Were you able to fix it?

      • Seven8Nine on 03/04/2019 - 14:49

        1 account got linked, 2 other having issue. Still looking for solution.

  • pacificstorm on 30/03/2019 - 09:40

    Woohoo!!!! Finally! Success! Sick and tired of 'em commercials and now it's good riddance to them. Thank you OP and SnowDragon for the address. Tried the Russian one before with no joy. This time, it went so easily that I couldn't believe it.

    Only thing though, it says that my billing starts on 30 April and yet Google has charged me INR 129 right away. Oh well, still great though.

  • autolux on 30/03/2019 - 22:12

    i only see the option for '1 month free trial' when purchasing? id prefer to pay up front for a longer period to not have to mess around again… can you purchase 6months or a year?

  • JuryWheel on 31/03/2019 - 21:33

    question - i created a dummy account then invited my normal account to join which worked fine. BUT now my normal account is clearly linked to india…..when i search STAN for instance on google play, it says its not available in your country - same for the active april app. How do i unlink this and switch the play store back to australia? None of my addresses are indian, i cant see anything relating to india actually except for the subscription itself….help!

    • EnergicAU on 26/04/2019 - 00:58

      Hey did you figure this out? I'm having the same issue?

  • McBanjo on 02/04/2019 - 15:22

    Great find. Used ExpressVPN with free 7 day trial on iOS.

  • quinine on 02/04/2019 - 16:33

    My account all of a sudden is showing ads and not letting me download videos to watch offline. Anyone else having any issues? Seems like they might be cracking down on it?

  • Iwantthatbargain on 02/04/2019 - 20:54
    -1

    Price went up to INR 169 for individual and INR 249 for Family

  • alexshel on 03/04/2019 - 14:01

    Why is this expired??

    • spa on 03/04/2019 - 14:03
      -1

      Agreed… Still says 129 for me…

    • Iwantthatbargain on 03/04/2019 - 16:25

      The YouTube premium is 169, what you see as 129 is only Music premium (which OP had posted as INR 99)
      Family membership also gone up to INR 249

  • homersyd on 03/04/2019 - 21:25

    hi all,

    Is it possible to add family members/friends from a different country? (not in OZ)?

    • Iwantthatbargain on 04/04/2019 - 08:39
      +1

      If you change their payment (google pay) country to same as yours (India in this case) you should be able to add them

  • kds5pp on 06/04/2019 - 13:02
    +1

    Does anyone still have the 'Looks like you're in a different country than the family manager' issue?

    To get around it, you need to go to Google Account and create a Payments profile in India!

  • mhs m0nk3y on 06/04/2019 - 18:07

    youtube red/you originals working okay with this?

    • fozzie on 07/04/2019 - 22:04
      +1

      Yes

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