[iOS] YouTube Premium Family Plan Monthly TRY₺209.99 (~A$9.35) @ YouTube App via Turgame Gift Card

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Hi OzBargainers!

Hope you are well and i promise this is not wirtten by ChatGPT (wink).

So, if you're a YouTube Premium user , you might've noticed things getting a little… sketchy lately. Like, one minute you're streaming without a care in the world, and the next, you’re about to pay $40 aud per month or lose all your Premium perks and don’t even want to think about downloading some random app from the dark side of the internet. Well, don't worry – I’ve got something that might just save you from the abyss!

Inspired by This post from RebeccaSkittles who helped me obain a Disney+ plan (I believe it still works albeit it says expired). The method also seems to work for YouTube Premium, so you might just save your membership from going the way of the dodo!

How to Redeem

  • Create a Turkey Apple ID: When creating your Apple ID, ensure that your region is set to Turkey to ensure compatibility with this deal. For the smoothest experience, use an Apple device with Safari as your browser. If the creation process encounters errors, try again on another device. Problems may occur on other browsers for reasons unknown. Create your Turkey Apple ID at appleid.apple.com.

  • Once Registered, go to Settings - click your name on top - select Payment & Delivery or Subscription to make sure you can keep you main apple account signed in but using the new turkey apple ID to sign in for subscriptions and/or payment.

  • Purchase Apple Gift Cards: Visit turgame.com(https://turgame.com) to purchase Apple gift cards in Turkey. Please note that it may take up to 20 minutes for your gift card to appear after purchase. Additionally, you might not need to complete the verification process. Simply view your order, and if no action is required, check your banking app to confirm if you've been charged. If you have been charged, your card is on its way. If not, or if you encounter any issues, contact their support at support.turgame.com(support.turgame.com). I had a 20mins and a 3hours procceing time for two different transaction.

  • Once you got them go to Apple store click on the upper right corner then redeem gift card or code, enter your gift card code and redeem you Turkish lira credit

  • Open YouTube on your phone make sure you signin with the account you want to set up for family plan. click your profile icon "you" down the bottom right and then select youtube premium membership, then there is a line of blue word i remember saying sign up family plan and follow the promp to complete set up.

Important Notes:

  • No VPN is needed to access this deal. Simply create a Turkey Apple ID and purchase Apple gift cards from turgame.com to take advantage of these incredible savings.
  • When redeeming the gift card in the App Store, ensure that you have an address handy. You'll only need to log out of the iTunes and App Store Apple ID, not your main one. This allows you to switch between accounts without interrupting subscriptions or payments.
    Known Issues and Tips.
  • Differnt from Disney+, you can only set up monthly payment for YT Premium so make sure you check your account regularly for balance.
  • Heard the same method applies to India with a cheaper price ($5 per month) but i dont know a place to purchase India Itunes gift card.

Hope it helps and enjoy your subscription, and happy streaming and subscribe to PewDiePie!

Disclaimer: Please note that the effectiveness of the workaround methods may vary, and it's always a good idea to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account before attempting the subscription purchase. Prices mentioned are subject to change and may vary based on currency conversion rates. Please verify current prices before making a purchase.

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Comments

  • +4

    I switched to this method after receiving an email to use a local payment method via India. Whilst this is slightly more expensive at least it guarentees a "local" payment option.

    • do you have to keep paying each month or does it automatically deduct from the balance?

        • +3

          Use the bookmark button.

      • +1

        It deducts from the gift card balance.

      • +2

        Deducts from balance. I loaded a few hundred
        aussie on to my TRY Apple account to pay for YT and M365.

        • +1

          Unless you have other things to spend the balance on, that's a bit too risky for me. Who knows if they'll find a way to shut down the loophole leaving you hundreds out of pocket.

    • I found the turkey price is no longer the cheapest one. If this method works, can we use it for cheaper country like argentina?

  • -8

    F**k Erdoğan, he banned Discord, so there are no more cheap Nitro plans.

    • -6

      Yeah, literally brazil was the only one left (albeit still quite expensive), but then their Apple region requires some Brazilian tax bs or something like that. Let me know if you do find a way to get cheap nitro though.

      • +3

        What’s the benefit of Discord nitro?

        • +7

          Big swinging dick, baby (I think. I can't see any functional differences worth any money).

  • Would the new apple account be the family manager and would you need to invite before signing up?

    • +2

      The Apple account is just used for the payment. You can use your existing Google account as the Family Manager. The email addresses don’t need to match. There should be no reason why you need to set up the family members beforehand.

      • Can you explain this a bit more, I thought the family manager email needs to subscribe.

        • +7

          You can create a Turkish Apple account with any email you like, let’s say [email protected]. You sign into the Apple App Store using your new Apple account. You add your Turkish gift card to the account. Then open the YouTube app and log in with whatever Google account you want to be your Family Manager. This could be the same email address as you used for the Apple account, but it could also be any other email address, let’s say [email protected]. You then go through the YouTube Premium sign up process, it should be in Turkish currency (as you are signed in to the App Store with a Turkish Apple account) and will get charged to your Turkish Apple account.

          So you can just use your existing Google account as the family manager. Assuming you already have an Australian Apple account, you just need to create a new Turkish Apple account (with a different email address to your Australian Apple account).

        • +1

          Everyone in a family can share their subscriptions and purchases, so your Turkish account does not need to be the main family account. Also the Youtube account/email can be different to the Turkish one as well.
          Hope that helps

  • +1

    I'm currently paying $2.* via Pakistan but it's coming to an end next month thanks to an email. No way i'm paying $9/month, I'll just switch on adblock in my router for when i'm at home..

    • Adblock via a router??
      I didn't know this was a thing

      • Most router adblocks are dns based and won't help for YouTube much

        • Well there goes that idea!

          • +1

            @johnnytran: I just put Adblock on my laptop and that's only place I watch YT videos now. I have Indian Spotify which I use on the go, and that cost me about $30 for a year.

          • @johnnytran: Smartune next and revanced

  • +1

    Thanks OP for the efforts!

  • You can buy Indian App Store gift cards from Amazon India

    • I was thinking of going this route with my spare iPad. Do you know how much it would cost for the family plan if I setup an Indian apple account and buy the gift cards from Amazon india?

      • +1

        YouTube Premium Family (1 month)
        ₹ 389.00/month

        • Round $7. Not bad. Are buying Indian Apple cards as simple as signing in with my account on the Indian Amazon website or do I need to setup an Indian Amazon account also?

          • +2

            @zubzub: I would vpn to India first to be safe but you just go to Amazon India and login with your normal Amazon account. Use Revolut card and all good

            • @rpb: Perfect. Thanks.

              • @zubzub: I’m interested if this works

                • +5

                  @HardQuiz: *** Using chatGPT for explanation so it’s easier for others to follow ***

                  It seems everything worked fine. I had an existing YouTube membership that was set to expire on December 14th. I canceled that and then signed up again using Apple as the payment method, funded by credit from an Indian Amazon gift card. The payment is now managed by Apple, using Indian Rupees, and the membership renews on December 22nd.

                  Steps I Followed:

                  1. Reset iPad to Factory Settings
                    • This ensured a clean start.
                  2. Update Apple Account to India Region
                    • I used an existing Apple account (not important to me) and changed the region to India using a random Indian address generator.
                  3. Set Up iPad with India Region
                    • During setup, I selected India as the region.
                  4. Purchase an Indian Apple Gift Card
                    • Logged into Amazon.in using my regular Amazon account.
                    • Bought a 500 Rupee Apple gift card for about $9 using my Revolut debit card without any issues.
                  5. Add Gift Card to App Store
                    • Redeemed the Apple gift card in the App Store to fund my account.
                  6. Sign into YouTube App
                    • Logged into the YouTube app with my primary Google account (no changes were made to my Google account).
                    • Canceled my existing YouTube membership set to expire on December 14th.
                    • Resubscribed using Apple as the payment method. It charged 389 Rupees for the family membership.

                  Final Notes:

                  •   Membership now renews on December 22nd.
                  •   No VPN was used at any point in the process.
                  

                  Everything seems to be working smoothly. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

                  Excuse the poor photo. Had to snap a shot with my phone - too lazy to sign into OzB on the iPad :P

                  https://ibb.co/tQVbYR8

                • @HardQuiz: definitely works, i did it just then.

            • @rpb: can you buy the annual plan instead of the monthly plan? at lease I won't worry for a year

              • @RichardF89: Not that I saw through the App Store. Happy for someone to work it out though

        • can I just buy an individual pan instead of family plan?

          • @RichardF89: Yes.

            In-App Purchases
            YouTube Premium (1 Month)
            ¥195
            YouTube Premium Family (1 Month)
            ₽ 389

  • +1

    Do family members accounts also need to be newly created on can they join via VPN in Turkey?

    I have no problem creating a family group under a new account but all my existing accounts seem to be flagged to Australia so I can't get them to join no matter what I do. Even with a VPN to the same country as the main family member.

    • New account only used to sign in for your apple main account subscription/payment, so you don't have to set up a new family account, just use your existing premium family account holder account on your ios YouTube apps and purchase your membership with turkey iTune payment method.

    • I have moved between paying in India to Turkey with no issues. All my family members are normal Australian accounts.

    • I had an issue with this when I created my account a couple of years ago (not via this iTunes method), but I created new Gmail accounts via VPN for each family member and everything worked fine from there.

  • anyone successful with solutions for non-apple users?

  • Has anyone tried moving to another country after the email ?

    • I did. The biggest hurdle was getting a new visa.

  • +1

    I'd wager they will eventually crack down on this as well, so enjoy it while you can!

    • +3

      Perhaps but the EU is also cracking down on this anti-competitive pricing rubbish.

    • Nah they cant, it’s subscribed from Apple payment platform, which Google needs to bind to the agreement. I can’t see any benefits for Apple to cooperate with Google to crack down on this and I love this

      • They could do something g like Adobe, e.g. they sent an email saying all of my uses was in Australia, a country diff from my registration.

        Unless you're on VPN 100% of the time, it's trivially easy to actually do this.

        • I didn’t know you can subscribe to other coutries with Adobe via Apple payment platform. I know there was a Adobe deal for long via Lebanon but not via Apple payment platform

  • +2

    can I link to a different email for the apple ID? I don't want to change to a different account

    • Yes, emails between Apple and Google accounts don’t need to match.

  • +9

    I got the dreaded email last month saying my plan (India) will come to an end on the 19th of this month. I tried a bunch of different cards just to see if I could beat the system but nothing worked (all Aus based). On the day it was due to expire, I got another email from them saying to update my payment form. I tried again with a CBA debit card just for the hell of it with the same randomly generated Indian address I used before. And it went through. Looks like my account lives for at least another month, I guess we'll see what happens then.

    • I actually may try this.

      Did you add a backup card?

      • I did. The one that worked I had added as a backup card previously. It was saying it was unverified for some reason. So I added the CVC number and updated the address to the Indian address I had on the other card. Then I changed that one to the primary card and the payment went through. No idea how long it will last but I got another month at least.

    • I did the same and got another email today, they charged my CBA card on the 20th https://prnt.sc/G3ESdSY7x3XD

  • +4

    This has been a thing for a long time.
    Here is an old thread that had TRY/AUD pricing for a heap of apps.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/718277

  • +1

    I switched to using the Brave browser and don't get any ads in youtube anymore. That was the main reason I was paying for premium in the first place.

    • +1

      Yeah but if you have a smart TV then you need YT Premium

      • I don't really watch YT on the TV but couldn't you install smart tube?

      • Same for Apple TV users, the native YT app works well but the fahkin minute long ads are a PITA

  • +1

    Does it matter what country your youtube account is in?

  • +4

    Not doing this again. I went revanced and smart tube or whatever it is on NVIDIA shield. So YouTube has gone from getting some money from me to none.

    • +5

      ikr LMAO.
      they are either getting 5$, which is what they are worth to me or nothing.

      • +1

        Yup. I CBF with revanced before but too much hassle with this jumping payment methods now and revanced YouTube, music and smart tube for NVIDIA shield is no drama to setup. I know $5 isn't much so no huge loss for them but I wasn't going to $19 or whatever the fark it is in Australia.

        • Does revanced do YT music too?

          • @Nalar: Yes - it's wonderful. No more 30 second unskippable ads every 2 songs.

      • To the Americans, they are after money and in style in USD, not your less than a drop in the ocean. The whole of OzB x $5AUD a month wouldn't even be worth them administrating the fee handling.

    • This is my stance too, but unfortunately, YouTube not only gets to have their cake, they also get to eat it.

      Took me a while to get it, but if don’t pay premium, you watch ads. Their ads get more views so they can sell ad spots for more money. If you decide to pay to not watch ads, their lost ad revenue is supplemented by your premium sub. Either way, they win.

  • Is the gift card like a debit card?
    Or does it have a balanc3 and then you need to buy another gift card?

    • It is credit you add to your apple account. You’ll need to remember to top it up. But at the same time, too risky to load too much as this won’t last forever.

  • Btw my family plan 115.99TRY ~ 5.08AUD still going strong

    • Interesting, a few months ago they cancelled my membership when I was paying directly with an Australian credit card attached to a a Google Turkish Payment profile. So I moved to the Apple payment method. Are you doing anything special with your payment method?

      • +1

        Apple Turkey ID is a local payment method so you shouldnt have anymore issues :)

        • Yep Turkey Apple payment method has been going strong the last few months.

      • Two or three years ago, Google restricted my account. I contacted them and explained blah blah lol, and after that, everything has been smooth until now.

  • Isn’t doing it through India cheaper?

    • Around $2 a month cheaper but you need to get the Apple India gift cards via Amazon.

  • If signing up to a family account when I add family members do they also need to have a turkey address on their account?

  • +1

    By the way, this also posted on reddit

  • thanks, will try this if the wise card renewal falls through.

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