YouTube Premium - Overseas Payment Method Crackdown Discussion Megathread

justanick on 23/05/2024 - 12:35
Last edited 06/11/2024 - 12:01 by 2 other users

Guys, I have been on Argentina and they found out.

I got this email. I can’t go to India as there are no VPN services and credit card doesn’t work. Which country do I go to next to get similar value for money like Argentina?

“ Your YouTube Premium membership was canceled because we believe the signup country of Argentina was inaccurate.”

Mod:
As this appears to be a hot topic as of Q4 2024 ( large numbers of users being emailed by YouTube that their Australian payment method is not being accepted. The emails being sent mention that "YouTube Premium memberships based in Country X require a form of payment issued in Country X.",

Hence all discussions of similar nature will be moved to this thread.

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  • ldd-mn on 23/05/2024 - 12:39
    +36

    Adblocker? Revanced? Just pay normal price for Premium?

    • Some Human on 23/05/2024 - 15:08
      +1

      +1 for Ad blocker. Watch through the browser. You still get ads, but only at the start.

      • ldd-mn on 23/05/2024 - 16:31
        +57

        None at the start either with uBlock Origin, at least not in my experience.

        • DiscoJango on 23/05/2024 - 18:31
          +2

          +1 for ublock. I used to use adblock for chrome but that made youtube lag like crazy. ublock literally blocks all ads, straight to the video.

          • Antikythera on 24/05/2024 - 00:48

            @DiscoJango: Youtube has adds?

            not sure who would use the internet without a decent addblocker.

            • witheredcouch on 24/05/2024 - 14:12
              +4

              @Antikythera: I previously had AdBlock disabled for Youtube, (except when using vanced/re-vanced to minimise as enabling ads broke things) and now pay for premium because I like to support the creators I watch, especially the smaller ones.

              • ripprind on 26/05/2024 - 21:47

                @witheredcouch: many creators I follow say they dont want me to waist a minute to make them 0.01 cents. And advocate the use of Patreon aso instead.

                • witheredcouch on 27/05/2024 - 09:32
                  +1

                  @ripprind: None of the creators I have followed have expressed that message. I do support some of them on patreon or other services. Plus, I got sick of the bugginess of re-vanced and find being able to minimise videos and play in the background a must-have so kinda had to go Premium anyway.

        • Speckled Jim on 24/05/2024 - 12:30
          +1

          YT was detecting uBlock Origin and refusing to play (FF, desktop). Will try an update.

      • RefusdClassification on 24/05/2024 - 17:39
        +10

        There is also an extension "Sponspor Block for Youtube". Combine with Bypass Paywalls, uBlock, Universal Bypass, and an Overlay Blocker (eg Poper Blocker, PopupOff or Overlay Remover Auto).

        Fight back against Big tech. Don't let them win.

        • DiscoJango on 24/05/2024 - 19:40

          for the bypass paywalls do you use a site or a chrome extension?

        • DKC on 25/05/2024 - 07:53

          Thanks for your tip! Are these for Windows or iPhone?

        • eug on 25/05/2024 - 19:32

          Fight back against Big tech. Don't let them win.

          What about the YouTube creators?

      • cybapete on 26/05/2024 - 12:34

        Use the Brave browser it has a built in adblocker

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 23/05/2024 - 22:23
      +19

      Just pay normal price for Premium?

      the other two things are 'fine' but this last one sir im going to have to take you ozbargain card for suggesting this

      • ldd-mn on 27/05/2024 - 12:55

        Haha fair enough, disregard that.

      • iDroid on 24/05/2024 - 09:13
        +15

        (lynch mob turns and looks in your direction …. GET HIM!)

  • spackbace on 23/05/2024 - 12:46
    +6

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/youtube-premium

    All sorts of other options

    • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:24

      Still working? Not very positive by the latest comments.

  • Cluster on 23/05/2024 - 12:47
    +11

    Hmm, I guess that's bad news for me too. I've been in Argentina for years, as far as Youtube is concerned.

  • theguyrules on 23/05/2024 - 12:50
    +7

    I've been paying for YT premium via Turkey using an iOS account. hopefully its harder for them to crack down on that.

    • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:24

      Same as my Google One subscription. Maybe they still want to keep iOS users. Guess too late for me to join YT premium via Turkey now from the look of it.

      • theguyrules on 25/05/2024 - 05:36

        It shouldn't be? I thought all I did was switch to my turkey iOS account, and subscribe from the YT app

  • MS Paint on 23/05/2024 - 12:51
    +13

    Why even pay? Plenty of free options on Android.

      • CrispyChrispy on 23/05/2024 - 15:10
        +14

        Do those options have ad-free Youtube AND Music

        Yes.

        for the same price as Spotify

        Did you miss the word 'free'?

        ReVanced, search it up.

      • Some Human on 23/05/2024 - 15:14
        +2

        I just download music for free…

        • DashCam AKA Rolts on 24/05/2024 - 05:54
          +17

          The car is next.

          • Sinnerator on 24/05/2024 - 08:30
            +4

            @DashCam AKA Rolts: then the handbag and a puppy, so I can put puppy in handbag on top of the car, all downloaded for free

          • knk on 24/05/2024 - 15:43
            +4

            @DashCam AKA Rolts: "You wouldn't steal a car"

            Bold of you to assume I'm not trash. I miss the old ads lol

            • Miss B on 26/05/2024 - 07:42

              @knk: I would steal a car if the owner still got to keep it and didn't even notice it had happened.

            • supersabroso on 27/05/2024 - 20:36

              @knk: The ad wasn't very accurate as people are more than happy to download a free car.

              • knk on 28/05/2024 - 14:49

                @supersabroso: yeah it was a pretty terrible analogy wasn't it

    • Save 50 Cent on 24/05/2024 - 06:49

      The thing is I do most of youtube watching on TV. Any workaround for that? I use google chromcast and firestick on the other tv.

      • ldq on 24/05/2024 - 08:42
        +13

        SmartTube is your friend. Zero ads on TV.

      • MS Paint on 24/05/2024 - 08:53
        +2

        As above. You need to side load the APK file. They also block sponsorship content as well.

        • bamzero on 24/05/2024 - 10:50
          +3

          and have also added thumbnail replacement so you don't have to look at stupid clickbait thumbnails.

          • serpserpserp on 25/05/2024 - 20:50

            @bamzero: You don't like me pulling a face and pointing at something?

          • ldd-mn on 29/05/2024 - 15:56

            @bamzero: By replacing them with thumbnails that are worse a majority of the time? No thanks.

      • pformag on 24/05/2024 - 12:31
        +4

        I have a Samsing TV, when an ad for Youtube comes up, there is an information icon, click it and say STOP ADVERTISEMENT, then an option will be to return to the video, it then skids all the adverts.

        • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:29
          -1

          What kind of Samsing TV is that that can skids all the ads?

  • MrThing on 23/05/2024 - 12:53

    uhh adblocker?

    • richadam on 23/05/2024 - 14:48
      -2

      What about for Youtube Music?

      • MrThing on 23/05/2024 - 17:05
        -5

        Replies in Spotify

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 23/05/2024 - 13:03
    +18

    Still ok for my India account

    • rlam on 23/05/2024 - 21:39

      Same

    • cloudie9 on 24/05/2024 - 07:21

      Touch wood, me too!

      • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:29

        I thought touch curry.

    • mhz on 24/05/2024 - 09:58

      same here, fingers crossed

  • LanceVance on 23/05/2024 - 13:07
    +1

    I've been using Ukraine for a while now, didn't require a local card and VPN services have Ukraine listed. Comes to about $4AUD per month.

    • Cluster on 23/05/2024 - 15:12
      +14

      The bonus with a Ukrainian account is Youtube is unlikely to block you, seeing as so many Ukrainians have been dispersed around the world since early 2022.

        • arcticmonkey on 26/05/2024 - 03:10
          +1

          "woke". Lol. How old are you?

      • mudshuvel78 on 25/08/2024 - 18:05

        I was using Ukraine until Youtube cancelled me late last week. It was fun while it lasted I guess.

  • pegaxs on 23/05/2024 - 13:13
    +33

    Omg, you guys are paying for YouTube?

    Revanced for phone, Brave web browser for PC and smart tube for your Android TV.

    I literally cannot remember the last time I saw an ad on YouTube. SmartTube even blocks those… “and that reminds me of todays sponsor, are your tired of….” Self advertising segments in videos.

    My last straw with YouTube was when they would slap an advertisement right in the middle of a video and totally ruining to continuity of it, making it borderline unwatchable.

    • dust on 23/05/2024 - 13:19
      +2

      I literally cannot remember the last time I saw an ad on YouTube. SmartTube even blocks those… “and that reminds me of todays sponsor, are your tired of….” Self advertising segments in videos.

      Revanced and Brave (or uBlock) don't block those self advertising segments though unfortunately.

      • askbargain on 23/05/2024 - 13:25
        +22

        sponsorblock

        • dust on 23/05/2024 - 13:25
          +2

          Will check it out. Thanks!

        • kaleidoscope on 23/05/2024 - 23:25
          +1

          whoa!

      • ripprind on 26/05/2024 - 21:54

        Interesting, I use revanced and I think it does block the sponsor segments 🤔at least I haven't seen one for a while.

    • Some Human on 23/05/2024 - 15:11

      Imma have to look into smart tube. I'm so sick of 2 min unskippable ads every 5 minutes just because I wanna play stuff through the tv.
      Thanks

      • harshbdmmaster718 on 23/05/2024 - 17:39
        +3

        i swear they upgraded the ads recently also.

        so you can get 2 unskippable ads in a row now and i also get hit with surveys (which do you buy most from with 5 options coles, woolworths etc).

        used to be you could skip both ads if you clicked skip, or worst case skip 1 and number 2 was unskippable but only sometimes.
        I think some tech website also posted an article about this, something like "youtube is trialling new unskippable ad format".

        • SpainKing on 24/05/2024 - 09:19
          +7

          YouTube making the ads so egregious and obnoxious just further encourages people to use an ad blocker. If they weren't so in your face and annoying people wouldn't feel like they need one to use the site in an acceptable way. I reckon they're shooting themselves/the creators who rely on ad revenue in the foot

    • shutuptakemymoney101 on 23/05/2024 - 21:28

      Can I use this on my Google home devices?

    • Sinnerator on 24/05/2024 - 08:33

      Brave no longer blocking youtube ads as of March 27, 2024
      did they fix brave?

      • SpainKing on 24/05/2024 - 09:20
        +3

        It's been blocking them for me. Get amongst it

    • BartholemewH on 24/05/2024 - 20:50
      +2

      Been using Brave browser on Android and desktop. No ads or problems at all

    • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:34

      Good tips. But I'm still not convinced myself to use my main account on those platforms. I was trying pihole and adguard before but still can't trust them with my everyday internet activities.

  • jv on 23/05/2024 - 13:34
    +1

    YouTube Premium Crackdown. What’s Next?

    Try Youtube premium Tuvalu…

  • AwesomeAndrew on 23/05/2024 - 13:45
    +3

    Use Ublock Origin on PC and Revanced or Newpipe on Android. Unfortunately I don't know of anything for ios.

    • Noogan on 23/05/2024 - 16:04

      best you can do on ios is use an adblocker or ad blocking DNS with YouTube web. But the website on mobile isn't very nice. Maybe there's some sort of app you can sideload?

    • SpainKing on 24/05/2024 - 09:26

      Can someone link the ReVanced .apk? I always get scared looking for a legitimate link and end up not downloading anything because the sites look dodgy

    • Karfaffel on 24/05/2024 - 13:30

      Wipr does the trick for me. Available from the App Store on both Mac OS and iOS.

      Won't work on the YouTube app though. You have to use the site on Safari.

  • DingoBilly on 23/05/2024 - 14:02
    +7

    Thanks Google - will happily cancel if you expect me to pay full price for your trash.

    • kaleidoscope on 23/05/2024 - 23:29
      +1

      digging their grave piece by piece…

      • Antikythera on 24/05/2024 - 00:53
        +3

        there are plenty of consumers not tech savvy enough to avoid the adds.
        Google will survive.
        I'm fine with that.

        • bcYield on 24/05/2024 - 22:38

          They have been increasing the price and cracking down on adblocking tools harder recently. I'm not a fan of paying for any subscriptions until joining the geo deal club.

  • jace88 on 23/05/2024 - 14:04
    +26

    Given the YT Premium subscription works across so many devices in our family (PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Androids, Apple TV, old iPads) with removing ads and allowing in-app downloads, I feel like I get decent value as I look outside my virtual window into downtown Gurugram.

    • follow on 23/05/2024 - 14:11
      +1

      $10/person/year for a family account.
      no brainer

      • jv on 23/05/2024 - 14:41
        -2

        $10/person/year for a family account.

        Depends how many in your family.

        • Bruceflix on 23/05/2024 - 14:45

          6 accounts for family account

      • Gojkins on 23/05/2024 - 15:31
        +1

        Is that for an Australian subscription?
        Currently its $65.98/person/year…

        • jace88 on 23/05/2024 - 16:03
          +6

          I realised I may have been too subtle in my joke - Gurugram is in India.

        • follow on 23/05/2024 - 16:47

          Pakistan

      • mhz on 24/05/2024 - 12:31

        I assume you are referring to using an Indian account paying that little?

        • jace88 on 24/05/2024 - 15:19

          Yes. I signed up when I was working in India and never changed my country since. No issues using my 28 degrees card.

        • follow on 24/05/2024 - 18:58
          -3

          Pakistan

            • follow on 27/05/2024 - 15:52

              @TopG: not a popular sentiment it seems

    • ThithLord on 23/05/2024 - 14:33

      Same.

    • AustriaBargain on 23/05/2024 - 14:47
      +3

      If you got kids and you don't want them seeing ads then it's exceptional value.

      • kaleidoscope on 23/05/2024 - 23:31

        instead teach them how to avoid ads through blockers :D

    • McFly on 24/05/2024 - 15:11
      +2

      YouTube Gurugram Style.

  • pharkurnell on 23/05/2024 - 14:39

    What blocker do you use for your generic Panasonic TV? Thats the one that ruins my evenings.

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