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YouTube Premium INR ₹129/Month via YouTube India (VPN Required, Single ~$2.48/Month, Family ~$3.64, Student ~$1.52)

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YouTube Premium INR ₹129/Month via YouTube India (VPN Required, Single ~$2.48/Month, Family ~$3.64, Student ~$1.52)
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tightarse on 21/10/2020 - 09:47 youtube.com (3286 clicks)
Last edited 21/10/2020 - 09:48

Too good a deal not to repost for those unaware you can access YouTube premium at a fraction of the price it normally costs. The stronger exchange rate means even lower monthly rates than last time. Also doweyy suggested in a previous post you can get it even cheaper as a student (certainly worth a shot). Instructions are a direct copy paste from previous deals so kudos to the OPs. Stay safe, and enjoy :)

Google has finally launched YouTube Premium in India for INR 129 and Family Membership for INR 189.
Comes with YouTube Music, No Ads in YouTube as well as Google Play Music.

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

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

Enter Indian address and pay by credit card.
Termination takes place under this link (music.youtube.com)
Example of an address in India:

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

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      • timps on 21/10/2020 - 12:48

        You have no way of knowing they make any kind of profit in a foreign market.

      • binusam2007 on 22/10/2020 - 00:03

        I think it all depends on how many “views/clicks”.India’s huge population helps to get more clicks and more clicks means more revenue for YouTube

    • Amaris on 21/10/2020 - 09:58

      disadvantage the people in these lower-income countries

      Disadvantaged, how?
      I can imagine tighter rules keeping out overseas customers (like what's happening with Netflix Turkey). Can't imagine how a person actually is India will be disadvantaged.

      • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 10:08

        Why NF Turkey?

        • Amaris on 21/10/2020 - 11:15
          +1

          They've tightened up. Almost impossible to use a non-Turkey credit card to register

      • timps on 21/10/2020 - 12:47

        In video games, due to key reselling issues outside the region. Russian games now mostly ONLY have Russian text. No English language option for menus, subtitles etc. And multiplayer can be restricted too.

        So the lower value of their currency means they cannot buy games at Western prices. But they also cannot play them in English if they prefer, or play games with people in an English speaking country.

        Restrictions can be implemented on things like payment methods to lock out foreign purchases. Which again impacts people who might be in a specific place, but paying with a friends card as a gift, or things like that.

        Libraries of content can be restricted to make it less appealing to people in other countries, which again removes that content from people inside them.

        Just because something doesn't affect you, doesn't mean that other people aren't impacted by it.

    • Boshait on 22/10/2020 - 08:40

      Yes, the Australia Tax.

  • PainToad on 21/10/2020 - 09:53
    +8

    Shame YouTube Music is trash and I still need Spotify (also signed up with a VPN).

    • end0rphine on 21/10/2020 - 09:57

      I miss Spotify. The experience of listening to music was just seamless. Youtube music has immense difficulty playing downloaded music in your playlist if the internet just suddenly stops working, whereas Spotify seems to prioritize local files first before trying to connect online music sources.

      • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 10:06

        Tried Google Music?

        • PainToad on 21/10/2020 - 10:09
          +6

          No point - it will soon be dead.

        • tabboo on 21/10/2020 - 10:52
          +2

          i loved play music, but it's dying, so i thought i'd make the painful move to YT Music now

      • BearerOfDadNews on 22/10/2020 - 22:34

        Even Spotify is cheaper in India !

    • pichxlonco on 21/10/2020 - 10:11
      +1

      What country did you use to sign up to spotify? Looking to lower my spending there as i don't use it that much

    • Sapiens on 21/10/2020 - 10:13
      +1

      Agree with you -all the AI in the world and it's auto playlists are the same artists/songs it served up last time.

    • ywpn on 21/10/2020 - 10:31

      yeah I wish they were keeping Google Play Music.
      YT Music is just a terrible experience.

    • Nuff-Nuff on 21/10/2020 - 17:58
      +1

      It actually amazes me how bad the YouTube music app is! How did such a poorly developed app go live! Although I am glad they released an Apple Watch app few weeks back

    • toobzy on 22/10/2020 - 16:17

      I love yt music. Especially for lesser known and underground artists as it pulls any music posted to youtube. There's songs and artists that don't even show up for me on spotify

  • starbearer on 21/10/2020 - 09:57
    +7

    Not dissing the deal, but youtube vanced provides most of this functionality for free

  • vbt on 21/10/2020 - 09:57
    -4

    Censorship Tube.

    Hard pass.

    • arcticmonkey on 22/10/2020 - 07:50

      You mean the biased mainstream media?

  • beardelune on 21/10/2020 - 09:58

    I have no issues with my indian sub on my Premium family account, absolutely worth it for Ad-free YT

  • Danstar on 21/10/2020 - 10:00
    -3

    I do this without issue

    • Danstar on 21/10/2020 - 10:56
      -2

      LOL The stalker negger following me again

      If I guess who it is, will you reply to verify?

      petry? Lol

  • Ronerrlaw on 21/10/2020 - 10:00

    Curious what other services are cheaper via VPN?

    • pichxlonco on 21/10/2020 - 10:12
      +1

      Netflix and spotify, for example. Netflix argentina is like $10 a month

  • noscopedJFK on 21/10/2020 - 10:00

    I bet Youtube already realises this and is just biding their time before they force transfer everyone to an Aussie Youtube subscription.

    • tabboo on 21/10/2020 - 10:53
      +5

      at which point we all unsubscribe, and they lose probably thousands of subscribers

    • Hinee on 21/10/2020 - 12:16

      I'm almost 2 years into doing this no worries. I've well and truly got my fair share regardless of what they're thinking.

  • PopCounty on 21/10/2020 - 10:01

    Sometimes I worry such company as Google might even sneak in here and see what are we costing them and can close the loophole/bargain 😣
    Ha ha. Such is power of OzB 😉

    • lknight on 21/10/2020 - 10:27

      you may never know :D

  • webtherapist on 21/10/2020 - 10:01

    any free VPN with India option?

    • PopCounty on 21/10/2020 - 10:03

      Try windscribe.

    • fantoo on 21/10/2020 - 10:10
      +2

      tunnelbear or hola extension

    • rotsies on 21/10/2020 - 11:42

      express vpn free trial via phone app.

  • go2home on 21/10/2020 - 10:02
    +3

    I think the Argentine one is better:
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/551174

    • Vladdo on 21/10/2020 - 11:36

      I got an email from Netflix saying that Argentina is about to introduce a 35% tax on digital items, so don't be surprised if theres an increase soon.

      "We hope you are enjoying your Netflix membership. Argentina issued a new tax collection rule on September 16, 2020, and your Netflix membership will be impacted.
      A tax of 35% will apply to your Netflix subscription. You’ll see the tax as a separate charge on your credit or debit card statement. "

  • lolcoaster on 21/10/2020 - 10:02
    +1

    Are people using their primary Gmail accounts?

    • SnowDragon on 21/10/2020 - 10:07
      +1

      Yep.
      Been going strong for over a year now.

      Worst case scenario Google would just cancel the subscription. They love consuming data so they wouldn't ban or block you.

      • askvictor on 21/10/2020 - 10:58

        Worst case is that Google closes your account for breaking tos, and you lose access to your email, photos, accounts, your digital life…

        • SnowDragon on 21/10/2020 - 11:09
          +1

          That's if you're using the Google ecosystem :)

      • NatoTomato on 21/10/2020 - 11:08

        There seem to be prior cases where Google has shut down entire accounts.

    • noscopedJFK on 21/10/2020 - 10:08
      +3

      I am - but I live for the thrill.

  • Mischaseb on 21/10/2020 - 10:04

    So worth it to not have stupid ads on youtube videos!

    • plmko on 21/10/2020 - 10:10
      +1

      Just download F-Droid app store —-> Newpipe

      Why pay for something that breaks user agreement terms.

      • MinecraftObama on 21/10/2020 - 12:41
        +1

        Supporting creators

        • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 12:57
          +1

          And supporting the censorship.

          Youtube really needs competition😭😭

  • websterp on 21/10/2020 - 10:05

    What if I already have a paid Australian account? Do I have to cancel that before signing up to this with the same gmail?

    • noscopedJFK on 21/10/2020 - 10:09
      +1

      You should cancel the Aussie subscription. And subscribe with your VPN of choosing. When your Aussie subscription ends it will kick in with the Indian one.

  • gimme on 21/10/2020 - 10:06
    -1

    Can this help me get garbage newscorp/murdoch media off my newsfeeds?

    • BradH13 on 22/10/2020 - 20:05
      +1

      You can block channels on regular YouTube you don't want to be suggested content from.

      I have blocked all main stream media on mine.

      Three dot menu when you hover mouse over a thumbail > don't recommend this channel.

  • mikeschaefer on 21/10/2020 - 10:15
    +1

    looks like im indian now boys

  • AAN on 21/10/2020 - 10:16

    I tried this in the past, created a new account, used VPN but whenever it comes to entering the credit card details, it blocks the account and says the account needs to be verified, anyone else experienced a similar issue?

  • Miso on 21/10/2020 - 10:17
    +3

    Been years since I did this - still a hard cold shock when I'm signed out and see an ad on YouTube.

    The listen when phone is locked is also an underrated feature (that probably should be free anyway)

  • jimmytuan on 21/10/2020 - 10:19
    +3

    Or if you're an Android user… Vanced is the way to go.

    • BeerCrisp on 21/10/2020 - 11:04
      +2

      Yep and Smart YouTube TV for any Android TV / Chromecast with Google TV.

    • virhlpool on 21/10/2020 - 13:24

      Is the Vanced app available in Play Store on phone?

      • BeerCrisp on 21/10/2020 - 13:43

        Download the Vanced Manager apk onto your phone and install the apk. Then install YouTube Vanced from inside the manager and also microG if you want to login with your YouTube account.

        • virhlpool on 21/10/2020 - 13:54

          Thanks.. I thought there was an app readily available. It would have been much easier. Just a noob q- why can't they make a simple app for it rather than having to follow above process?

          • BeerCrisp on 21/10/2020 - 14:10

            @virhlpool: Wouldn't be in Google's best interest to make a YouTube app with no ads readily available on the Play Store.

            • nickj on 21/10/2020 - 14:39
              +2

              @BeerCrisp: Google also pushed AdAway (an open-source system-level Android ad-blocker) out of the Play Store about 5 years back, because it helped block ads. It moved to f-droid, so still available but just harder to install.

              I've often thought that Google & Apple reveal a lot about their true motivations by what they exclude from their app stores - I'm not talking about malicious or fraudulent apps, I'm talking about apps that people want, that do exactly what they say they do, but which are still not allowed - as usual, just follow the money. For Google it's ad blockers (vanced, adaway), and for both Apple & Google it's things that don't give them their 30% cut (hello, Fortnite). Suggests Google wants to be an advertising and services and data company (with a sideline in hardware sales when it helps their data business), and Apple wants to be just a services and hardware company.

              • BeerCrisp on 21/10/2020 - 14:50

                @nickj: Yep, these companies all survive off ad revenue, I guess you can't blame them when they're offering 'free' services such as YouTube and Facebook - need to make money somehow. 110% don't agree with the 30% cut for purchases through apps though, that's an absolute bs money making scam that they can just get away with.

    • aayushapatel on 21/10/2020 - 17:14
      +4

      Been using vanced for 2 years now but I finally realised why its called vanced…
      Its Advanced Youtube without the "Ad"
      Mind=blown

  • tessel on 21/10/2020 - 10:21

    Do it people. Works, easy to do and… Just do it.

  • zan5hin on 21/10/2020 - 10:23
    +3

    It's so good, I still remember how frustrating the ads were, when I try using incognito mode.

  • Bik on 21/10/2020 - 10:24
    +1

    Any way we can use google rewards play balance for this?
    Got around $40 without much use.

  • RichDad PoorSon on 21/10/2020 - 10:29

    I'm already subscribed last time, but been thinking to upgrade to family account, anyone know how?

    • tango68 on 21/10/2020 - 10:34

      Just apply free Nordvpn account (you have 1 week free without have to enter any payment except for email), VPN to india, then open your youtube account, you should be able to subscript on any plan or upgrade your current plan and they will charge you in INR (India youtube premium rate)

    • sutts on 21/10/2020 - 17:33

      I am in the same boat. Already an Indian Premium subscriber and want to upgrade to a family account but can't seem to find any way to do it. If you have any success please let me know how you did it? Cheers.

  • timmev on 21/10/2020 - 10:30
    -1

    Can I sign up this way if I use a gmail business account for watching YouTube currently and pay using an Aus address?

  • Phoebus on 21/10/2020 - 10:33
    +1

    Only issue I've found is that Youtube and PlayMusic often suggest Indian content.

  • Phoebus on 21/10/2020 - 10:35
    -8

    Shouldn't the mods be removing this post as unethical?

    • Benjamin7711 on 21/10/2020 - 11:59
      +1

      You commented above stating that you use this service, then say it should be removed as unethical.. isn't that a bit hypocritical?

      • neyo on 21/10/2020 - 12:23

        No because he never claimed to be ethical

  • KokeeMonster on 21/10/2020 - 10:38

    what VPN are you guys using?
    I got free data from one of the ozbargain's deal for Windscribe but India is not in the list.

    • CyberRampager on 21/10/2020 - 11:56
      +1

      you need to go to the chatbox and ask for a free premium trial - it will give you 24 hours free

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