What Digital Subscriptions Are You Willing to Pay Full Australian Price on?

edisonAU on 06/12/2024 - 16:34

I feel like I should handover my OzB badge today. I've just decided to pay the full Australian family price for Youtube Premium at $32.99 per month.

Previously I paid YT Premium via India and Turkey but got found out by YT and they cancelled my subscription unless I choose the Australian one. Even with NordVPN, YT won't show non-Australian prices to me.

I looked at the "free" options and I found it is too onerous especially I have family of 4 who also access YT via many devices (mobile phones, ipad, TV etc), and I listen YT with screen off on regular basis. I also use YT Music as well as I do not use Spotify or Apple Music.

My other full price digital subscription is Amazon Prime but that includes Free delivery. I also subscribe to Real Debrid but that may eventually go away and I would be forced to subscribe to full digital subscription for streaming. I also have Kayo Sports as part of CBA Yello deal, but I won't pay full Australian prices for it.

Which digital services are you willing to pay the Full Australian Prices on?

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Comments

  • CodeXD on 06/12/2024 - 16:48
    +8

    Even with NordVPN, YT won't show non-Australian prices to me.

    Jump on Algeria, I got charged ~$17.89 last week.

    • edisonAU on 06/12/2024 - 20:54

      Good one, I NordVPNed to Algeria and it does let me subscribe to YT Premium there. It is roughly $18 AUD per month for family plan if I subscribe today.

      So I decided to check a number of other countries using NordVPN: Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Hungary. They all won’t let me subscribe there.

      For Mexico and Poland, they let me subscribe, with Mexico approx $21AUD and Poland approx $18AUD. So I settled at subscribing at Poland for now.

      • McFly on 08/12/2024 - 21:53
        +4

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/15802405/redir
        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/15804601/redir

        TLDR

        Papua New Guinea! It's charged in USD - not Kina - and is $8.99/A$13.40/month.

        • edisonAU on 09/12/2024 - 22:03
          +1

          I tried PNG via NordVPN but no matter which PNG server I connected to, it won’t allow me to subscribe. But I did see other comments so I tried and successfully migrated to Kazakhstan instead for ~15AUD per month.

          So I have migrated from India -> Türkiye -> Australia -> Poland -> Kazakhstan.

          • EitherWayUp on 11/12/2024 - 11:57
            +1

            @edisonAU: Got booted last month.. attempted to use it with ads, threw up due to the sheer volume of ads on there now. Signed up via Kazakhstan.. so far so good.

          • herysoe on 11/12/2024 - 15:22

            @edisonAU: do you just use your AU card to pay monthly?

      • Miss B on 11/12/2024 - 00:33

        Just after they kicked me off India I think it was I signed up again to Philippines with my Philippine PayPal and no dramas yet. Just over $10/month. I was thinking about paying full price because I expected it to fail. Mostly for the kids because I prefer they don't watch ads.

      • jamaco on 12/12/2024 - 10:26

        If I already have a YT Premium sub via Australia, how can I move it to another country?

  • ihfree on 06/12/2024 - 16:52
    +11
    • Youtube Premium
    • Prime but for delivery
    • Audible but not all the time

    Youtube Music can be annoying depending on what you listen to. Certain songs have a "Viewer discretion is advised" warning which must be dismissed before listening to the track. This is annoying no matter what device you are using. When dealing with these songs, the whole experience is extremely glitchy.

    • Jake17 on 07/12/2024 - 10:39
      +7

      What songs for example? I listen to youtube music. Some with what would be considered offensive lyrics and never have had that issue

      • ihfree on 07/12/2024 - 10:56
        +1

        Try Know Your Enemy by a Rage Against the Machine

        • Jake17 on 07/12/2024 - 11:05

          Yeah. Got the warning. Thats odd. I looked at the lyrics. Nothing major stood out. I wonder if its a thing against the band for that.

          Edit*
          Most of rage against the machine songs have the warning. So yeah. I assume it's a thing against them

          • ihfree on 07/12/2024 - 15:20
            +2

            @Jake17: Interesting, it does seem to be misapplied based on song content. I wonder if it's to do with the album art.

            You can find other tracks with the same behaviour by searching for sensitive topics (RIP recommendations).

            • Nalar on 11/12/2024 - 11:25

              @ihfree: The album art is literally a person killing themselves, so yeah it'll be that.

              Oddly enough Shining, a pro suicide black metal band has no such warning.

      • nomoneynoproblems on 08/12/2024 - 19:59

        Notorious B.I.G. & 50 Cent - Realest N….Youtube music won't play the explicit version no matter what settings you use.

        • Jake17 on 09/12/2024 - 04:25

          I have no issues with that song

  • samcro on 06/12/2024 - 16:54
    +35

    Full price? None! The only one is Amazon Prime but that at least has the value of free delivery as well.

      • johnfuller on 11/12/2024 - 09:23
        +1

        amazon prime also includes the prime video and other perks

  • Sye on 06/12/2024 - 17:09
    +39

    I only pay full price for OzBargain Platinum membership

    • JIMB0 on 06/12/2024 - 22:43
      +46

      Platinum plus or just regular? Platinum plus is worth it for the 10 extra negs per day and the ability to toggle jv's comments on/off.

      • Lurk Hartog on 07/12/2024 - 08:20
        +2

        I mostly use it for the free shipping on eneloops.

      • CodeXD on 07/12/2024 - 17:00

        free merch is the best part

    • HeWhoKnows on 07/12/2024 - 10:24

      Where do i sign up?

      • JIMB0 on 07/12/2024 - 10:59
        +8

        It's invite only.

      • S2 on 07/12/2024 - 16:57
        +18

        User name does not check out.

        • JIMB0 on 07/12/2024 - 22:41
          +9

          Last name could be Jack.

    • turk182 on 07/12/2024 - 17:23

      Since when did it change from premium to platinum? The discord still has premium membership as the title

    • zombie hunter on 12/12/2024 - 07:48

      Best of it free zero nothing

  • team teri on 06/12/2024 - 17:44
    +3

    Yep, prime is the only one. In good part for the free delivery. Not sure how long I'll stay for, the ads are annoying, but being forced to pay extra to get rid of them would be even more annoying…

    All the others: since Netflix Turkey became a nuisance that is currently cancelled. It will eventually become part of a rotation, a couple of month at a time at full price, then replaced by another streaming service. Right now the $4.99 Binge deal is ok, but again, too many ads.

  • spackbace on 06/12/2024 - 17:50
    +4

    Full price - Prime, real debrid, google one, ring, geforce now

    Youtube I'm losing my premium so switching the TV's to SmartTube

    Disney+ - Turkey
    Netflix - Turkey

    • avseqcfc on 08/12/2024 - 18:23

      Why are you paying for Disney and Netflix if you pay for real debrid ?

      • spackbace on 08/12/2024 - 19:18
        +4

        Ease of use in the household, and they don't cost much on overseas pricing

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 06/12/2024 - 18:02

    Spotify- but I sold off 2 slots so it kind of offsets my cost

    Apple one - but it’s a shared family plan that was organised by someone else here

    YouTube Aus family - too much effort to muck around otherwise with Turkish apple id and whatever. I could sell off 1-2 slots but cbf

    Amazon prime - but I am 100% getting the value between the sub and save and cancel loopholes and the free delivery.

    Rd - I will prob drop it , getting some speed issues lately and I really just watch old Simpsons and Seinfeld re-runs exclusively

    • serpserpserp on 07/12/2024 - 21:14
      +1

      really just watch old Simpsons and Seinfeld re-runs exclusively

      Will a Disney+ sub solve that? Usually people share those for cheap

  • ozbs25 on 06/12/2024 - 18:48
    +4

    Tidal

    • Bruceflix on 06/12/2024 - 19:59

      Tidal works through Nigeria. Family plan is ~$5

      • ozbs25 on 06/12/2024 - 20:07
        +3

        I want to pay full price for tidal.

        • Bruceflix on 06/12/2024 - 20:14
          -4

          cute

          • ozbs25 on 06/12/2024 - 20:25
            +15

            @Bruceflix: That's part of the point of this whole thread isn't it? I want to support the artists so I use Tidal and I pay the appropriate price so that the appropriate royalties or whatever goes to them. I generally buy the CDs and DVDs even though I don't really have any way of playing them.

    • Guybrush57 on 07/12/2024 - 13:28

      Tidal is my answer. I'm paying around $5 per month currently and I adore it. If it were to go away I'd be sad but I wouldn't hesitate to sign back up qnd pay the Australian rate. I can't live without it.

    • drprox on 07/12/2024 - 20:37
      +1

      Restecp

  • fantombloo on 06/12/2024 - 19:02
    +23

    $33/month for YouTube. Wow.

    • skittlebrau on 07/12/2024 - 12:43

      I begrudgingly pay for it because I watch tutorials on YT a lot for the software suites that I use, and it works out cheaper than paying for comparable training content. It’s a work expense I guess.

      • BarginBrah on 07/12/2024 - 16:08

        It's a tax write off/deduction?

      • fantombloo on 07/12/2024 - 16:26
        +9

        There are tutorials that show you how to not have pay for YouTube.

        • OZKap on 07/12/2024 - 17:19
          +18

          Absolutely baffling that people pay for youtube or watch ads when Firefox + ublock Origin + sponsorblock exist (and work on mobile too)

          • factor on 07/12/2024 - 18:20
            +3

            @OZKap: Kiwi browser on Android, plus ublock origin + bypass paywalls clean. That has the Internet working like it used to: pre enshittification.

          • PortK on 08/12/2024 - 22:59
            +2

            @OZKap: Does it remove ads on TV's? Eg Samsung, Google chromecast etc?

            • OZKap on 09/12/2024 - 12:52

              @PortK: If you can get Firefox browser with those add-ons installed on those devices then it probably would

          • skittlebrau on 09/12/2024 - 00:17
            +3

            @OZKap: Firefox is my main browser and I use UBlock Origin. I'm on iOS so I don't really have much in the way of options for YT clients that support SponsorBlock. I also use Apple TV on my TVs at home.

            I'm also fully aware there are workarounds despite this (eg. the fast forward trick in Safari or sideloading via AltStore), but my wife isn't particularly tech savvy and I just pay for it for convenience sake for her and my kids.

            In saying that, when they inevitably raise the price further, I'm gone. At that point I'll just go back to having a cheap Android TV-capable streaming stick on each TV running SmartTubeNext like I used to. I'm sure the whinging from the others I'll just get used to.

            • OZKap on 09/12/2024 - 12:52

              @skittlebrau: Yeah I'm paying an extra $3 a month for mum to watch ad-free prime video on my account

          • DrSwag on 09/12/2024 - 11:16

            @OZKap: Through these methods are you able to download YouTube videos as well as YouTube Music + listen to music ad-free?

            • OZKap on 09/12/2024 - 12:51
              +1

              @DrSwag:

              download YouTube videos

              No but I believe ReVanced can

              as well as YouTube Music + listen to music ad-free?

              I've never tried. Background playback and picture-in-picture works for YouTube videos on Firefox mobile

          • idonotknowwhy on 10/12/2024 - 12:11

            @OZKap: If people know about this + want to pay, better of us to just let them right?
            If everyone uses ^, then Google will put in more effort to block it.

            And losing sponsor block would be devastating.

        • ThadtheChad on 09/12/2024 - 15:06

          There's also the convenience aspect of it.

          We have a ton of YT usage across two households and across a ton of devices (TVs, PCs, macbooks, ipads, PS5, google nest, phones etc). It just doesn't make sense spending the time maintaining the workarounds etc (and having to do tech support for family.. .especially the older folk fml etc).

          $30 odd bucks a month is relatively inexpensive given how much value we get out of Youtube Premium.

      • juki on 07/12/2024 - 23:41

        can't you use something like cleartube?

  • Some Human on 06/12/2024 - 19:13
    +5

    None.

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 06/12/2024 - 19:15
    +2

    i pay for Amazon Prime but everything else im getting on sale or via O/S pricing

  • justdigi on 06/12/2024 - 19:28
    +6

    Ring because my insurance considers it back to base monitoring and the discount I get on insurance outweighs the sub cost.

    • Bruceflix on 06/12/2024 - 20:00
      +2

      Wait, what? I'd want that in writing before they cancel a policy on it.

      • justdigi on 06/12/2024 - 20:14
        +4

        Believe me I checked and got it in writing. Their definition just requires recording and to be stored off site. Not actively monitored with response. I’ll stay with them until they either change that or raise rates too much.

        • THICKnSLOW on 06/12/2024 - 21:41

          Ring don't give tax invoices do they? I can't find them?

  • lordezekiel on 06/12/2024 - 19:42

    Amazon Prime (for the free delivery, free pc games & prime video)

  • wisb0 on 06/12/2024 - 19:43

    prime

  • Bruceflix on 06/12/2024 - 20:01
    +6

    I feel for the OP. Got my YouTube cancellation email today too. Always knew this day would come. But $32.99!! Nah, not a chance

    • Alex10 on 09/12/2024 - 11:35

      that sucks, what do you think triggered the YouTube cancellation?

  • justworld on 06/12/2024 - 20:32
    +9

    I pay for Spotify. Won't pay for anything else.

    Youtube - you can get a complete ad-free experience with uBlock origin.

    For newspapers - 12ft.io works to get past most paywalls.

    For sports - I use streaming sites. 720p is good enough definition for me and I have no intent of paying the ridiculous Aussie mark-up to access sports coverage.

    • ModBot on 09/12/2024 - 10:55
      +3

      Try checking xManager, thank me later!

  • eccaz on 06/12/2024 - 20:56
    +2

    Spotify family is the only thing I have ever paid full price for.

    What are people watching on YouTube that is worth paying for?

    • THICKnSLOW on 06/12/2024 - 21:47
      +5

      Not being interrupted with commercials during a video is nice, not being bombarded with advertising that is inconsequential to my purchasing habits and wasting my precious time, data allowance, testing my patience and waning my energy.

      But definitely not worth the 33AUD, needs to be cheaper than that. I voted Prime for the variety of gaming, shopping, books, music and streaming service, it's not as big a bargain as it was when memberships were $49 a year but still it's affordable .

      • eccaz on 07/12/2024 - 00:52
        +3

        Have you ever tried an adblocker?

        In any case most YouTube I watch is several mins at a time (sporting highlights, how to videos, random stuff), what are people watching so extensively that makes it worth paying for?

        • THICKnSLOW on 07/12/2024 - 10:57

          I've tried adblockers on the PC and it works for YT, but it also blocks functionality of other extensions like Cashrewards and Honey which then means cashbacks not registering and having to chase up support for that.

          To just pay in foreign currency at a reasonable price and avoid all the pfaffing around suits me better.

          • ozbs25 on 07/12/2024 - 13:22
            +3

            @THICKnSLOW: Use a different browser for shopping. I use a vanilla/virgin browser for all cashback purchases and stuff where a VPN can get in the way. I even browse for shopping in my regular browser. I only use the other browser for going through cashback, adding something to the cart then finally paying for it.

            • factor on 07/12/2024 - 18:22
              +1

              @ozbs25: In Chrome you can just use a different profile.

              • ozbs25 on 07/12/2024 - 18:48

                @factor: I use a VPN so I use split tunnelling with Microsoft Edge accessing the Internet without the VPN. It's just easier this way to have Edge with no plugins or extensions and no VPN.

                Maybe you can do all that within Chrome but I'm used to doing it this way.

        • johnno07 on 07/12/2024 - 16:53
          +3

          Some people watch way more on YouTube than just sporting highlights and how-tos. There is an extraordinary amount of high quality content on a huge range of topics.

          • eccaz on 08/12/2024 - 10:59

            @johnno07: Yes. Please give me some examples.

            • johnno07 on 08/12/2024 - 20:58
              +5

              @eccaz: A very small list out of hundreds of options:
              - Science: Veritasium
              - Coffee nerdery: James Hoffman
              - Engineering: Practical Engineering, Real Engineering
              - Aussie Drivers Being Dicks: Dash Cam Owners Australia
              - World Economies: Economics Explained, Wendover Productions
              - High end furniture: Foureyes Furniture
              - Incredible miniature making with bizarre/hilarious storytelling: Bobby Fingers
              - Longer format videogame modern history: Raycevick
              - Zen pruning: Bonsai Releaf
              - High quality cinema docos: CinemaStix

              • eccaz on 09/12/2024 - 12:47
                +1

                @johnno07: I quite enjoy veritasium, but wouldn’t pay to watch it or any of those when a browser with adblocker saves time and money. Mr Ballen is another I regularly watch/listen to.

                • johnno07 on 09/12/2024 - 21:36

                  @eccaz: An ad blocker doesn't work that well if you watch through a Chromecast etc. Also I'm happy to actually pay to consume this content. Everyone has their own moral compass, and if you're ok with kind-of-not-paying for content, then that's totally fine.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 09/12/2024 - 15:18
      +2

      What are people watching on YouTube that is worth paying for?

      Youtube Music and Commerical Free Youtube is worth it

      You dont need spotify if you have Youtube music

  • AlienC on 06/12/2024 - 21:12
    +1

    Humble Choice and Amazon Prime.. Mainly for the gaming but having Amazon Video is sometimes nice.

    Basic Netflix is ok.

  • ihbh on 06/12/2024 - 22:30
    +3

    Considering NYT just for the Spelling Bee.

    • JRozells on 09/12/2024 - 12:57

      NYT is worth it. They have a $20 introductory offer for the first year. Afterwards you simply let your subscription lapse and they'll give you the offer again. I really like NYT Cooking. The recipes are always straight to the point; you don't have to scroll through someone's life story before you get to the recipe.

  • buthidae on 06/12/2024 - 22:51

    Just three and a half:

    YT Premium Lite - worth the $9 for me but if they raise it much I’ll be looking at shared options
    Amazon Prime - I always forget the streaming platform exists but we use it for free shipping
    Apple One - shared with my wife and daughter, and my mum. Music and video for everybody, games for me and the little one, fitness for me, and news+ for when I’ll looking for something behind a paywall
    Kayo - shared sports membership with a workmate

    There’s a show coming out on Netflix in a month or so that my wife wants to watch so I’ll be looking for international sign-up options. I’ve done the Disney Turkey for a couple of years and been very happy with it, even with the price recently doubling it’s still good value

  • miwahni on 07/12/2024 - 02:13

    Definitely Amazon Prime. My account tells me that I've made 67 orders so far in 2024 - I'm thinking that is the total of individual products, not just orders, as I haven't made one or more orders every week. Thinking about it, I would not have ordered as often if I didn't have Prime with free delivery, so maybe it's not such a good thing….

    I'd pay full price for Kayo if I had to. Currently sharing a subscription with my son.

  • Lastchancetosee on 07/12/2024 - 07:31

    Britbox, Disney +, but we split subscription cost between the three of us ( adult children).

  • cerealsmok3r on 07/12/2024 - 08:27

    None surprisingly. Technically I'm leeching off others for YT premium and amazon prime.

  • easternculture on 07/12/2024 - 08:29

    Yeah … still rocking my Nigeria Netflix Sub.

  • Zondor on 07/12/2024 - 10:32

    Spotify, basically all music for not much.

  • magster on 07/12/2024 - 13:26
    +2

    iCloud family plan; backs up everyone's photos and phone incase anything happens, don't want to lose those precious memories, especially with young kids. Plus saves phone storage.
    and Spotify, again mainly for the kids. That's about it

  • SlickMick on 07/12/2024 - 13:39
    -6

    Some people have too much disposable income.
    I guess I could have, but it seems so wasteful. If I had spare $$ it means PPOR is paid for, investment loans are paid off, and it's time for another.

    • lachhelix on 09/12/2024 - 02:36
      +5

      You gotta live a little my friend - life's not all about making money

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