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.”
why don't you just use ublock origin ? never get ads
I am confused. I’m using same card for Google one and vpn to sign up. I’m using Google drive on a daily basis nothing changed. However, YouTube decided to track me and disconnect me from their services.
Do you guys go to YouTube settings in iPhone app and select Argentina Turkey as the location?
I used location as Australia just found out.
I've used Australia here from day 1. My Arg Youtube still going strong.
Could you tell me the steps? Which vpn did you use?
I just use NordVPN via one of the deals here, got like 98% cashback for 3 years. I use Australia for the best speed options unless I need to jump overseas for specific use cases. And that's about it. Honestly I thought I'd be one of the first to be cut loose but it continues to work for some unknown reason.
If you mean signing up in the first place, there are a few steps i dont remember I'm sorry, it involved generating a fake address in Argentena and using your Australian card. There will be a past thead/deal about it thouh.
@Click_It: I’ve got the profile created and card added.
However I need to log to vpn to go to Argentina to see the YouTube price in Argentina currency.
After all that I get an email within 24hours that I’m using YouTube in the incorrect country.
Mr Erdogan is ordering veils.
Good or bad idea?
My backup credit card expired and for some reason YouTube cancelled my Premium that I signed up through Turkey with. I tried to go back and do the same thing as last time, however, it told me that my credit card country didn't match. After some trial and error I got it to work.
I used Hotspot Shield and connected through Indonesia. It's price was IDR 59K which is under $5.50.
My next payment isn't until July and I'll update then but this was the only route that let me put my card in and accept all the details.
Yep I did the same thing but with Argentina. After disconnecting the vpn and using YouTube from Australia it tracked me and cancelled by subscription.
Tired to subscribe to YT Ukraine today but YouTube woouldnt let me go to the subscription page saying couldn't verify my location. I used VPN to connect to Ukraine.
I created a Google account using Ukraine as location but was asked to verify the mobile no. That's where the problem is I think
FOk! THey just got me in Pakistan. It is over.
Same! BAH!!!!
Tried to restart and got this : Transaction declined. This purchase requires a payment method from your billing country.
Any workarounds ?
Got my Turkey account which I've had for years flagged today, not paying $17 for no ads. Off to Firefox + adblock for me, f*** you Google 😂
Brought here as my India account got cancelled today :(
Just got the email moments ago. Subbed from Pakistan, losing my sub next month :(
I didn’t even get an email!
They caught me
Your YouTube Premium membership was cancelled because we believe that the sign-up country of Turkey was inaccurate.
Same. Just received an email saying my Turkey subscription is inaccurate and my subscription will end later this month. Oh well, guess I will just return to YT with ads.
Same. They just lose income. Morons
Argentina user here that just got busted. I noticed the message a few hours ago. :(
If Premium Lite allowed background play, I would just subscribe to that, but there is no way I am paying $16.99 a month.
Brave browser will do background play.
@I Smell Pennies SOS lol
Praying I don't get it @Repstar
Save us! Oh,wise one.
I got this recently. I was in YouTube Premium via Pakistan. Previously had it via Argentina, cancelled it (because I wasn't using much) and re - signed a few months ago to Pakistan. Silly question but has anyone else tried giving it a couple of months and doing it again? I presume that doesn't work (or they pick it up quicker), but maybe it does.
I feel like they have manually flagged my account as AUS now. Tried multiple different VPN’s, I can see the renewal in PKR currency, but when I go to pay it changes it to AUD.
Thanks for your reply. I still have my Premium until the end of the month but good to know.
Happens to me as well! I keep getting a country error.
Just a heads up for anybody that was or still is using their 28 Degrees Mastercard - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/860511
From next month they are introducing a monthly $8 card fee and the interest rate is rising to 27.99% p.a.
Yeah rubbish decision. Cancelled mine already. Mass exodus.
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/loyal-aussies-ditch-popula…
Damn my India account got hit today I have until September 11 to find a solution, most of our YouTube is on Apple tvs and iPads so time to start researching I guess
Interestingly they seem to have set my location to Singapore so my renew options are in SGD which would workout to about $10 cheaper than the AU family price but still much higher than my Indian price was
Just got an email about my Turkey subscription being cancelled today.
Same bro, after many many years. Sadness
My own YT is family acct, it still opens and Premium appears on the top but every video is black and says "Content is not available" and Comments are off for every video. I cannot play anything. I cannot even add more people to the family plan. I haven't got an email yet but checking my payment profile and the Turkey address has been removed but the card information is still there. My "family" members have no problems with their accounts at all. It's really weird. I have a feeling they will be closing my account as they are restricting my viewing of everything. It started on 21/08.
It’s so sad for me too. I couldn’t get visa to any country as of now.
Got hit with this today, they blocked my India account.
Is the iPhone/Apple Account option the only way forward now?
Can you elaborate on what this method is? I'm not familiar.
Mine was hit as well. I was in India. Got a few more weeks, then ad's it is. Not paying stupid AU pricing thats over streaming services with lots of content.
Have been on Argentina since 2021, still going strong (for now). Only thing is, I want to change the payment method on my account (signed up using 28 Degrees card which I want to cancel) but it won't let me.
Anyone have any tips on changing payment method?
If only our government would send them that same email for funneling every transaction through Ireland.