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Well I got hit with the same cancellation. Loaded up trusty Urban VPN and now I'm back signed up via Kazakhstan (using Revolut - Virtual Card) and using a hilton hotel as my address. £3.92 month and the signup couldnt have been easier.
 
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sith said:
Well I got hit with the same cancellation. Loaded up trusty Urban VPN and now I'm back signed up via Kazakhstan (using Revolut - Virtual Card) and using a hilton hotel as my address. £3.92 month and the signup couldnt have been easier.
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Did you use the same Google account or did you have to create another?

The last time I got the boot I created a new account but I'd rather keep this one if it's possible to save the faff of resubscribing to things.
 
sith said:
Well I got hit with the same cancellation. Loaded up trusty Urban VPN and now I'm back signed up via Kazakhstan (using Revolut - Virtual Card) and using a hilton hotel as my address. £3.92 month and the signup couldnt have been easier.
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Just did the same. Wonder if we are on the same floor. Small world :)
 
can i ask, i sign up to YT prem and as i watch tons on it, is good. Smarttube, not heard of that, will check it out on my firecube. However, where can you get the cheap prem licenses from and does it still connect to your current profile as normal? i don't use a VPN anymore. i should do really.
 
silent said:
However, where can you get the cheap prem licenses from and does it still connect to your current profile as normal? i don't use a VPN anymore. i should do really.
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I mean, that's kinda the main talking point of this whole thread.

The main method has now mostly been stamped out by Google. It basically involved setting the country/region of your account to one of the locations that gave cheap memberships, using a VPNto said location when purchasing, and then it allowed you to buy a year of premium upfront at a much discounted price. However they've cut short a lot of those memberships now, and you can no longer purchase from a different region without a card issued from that region. I think a handful of people have somehow still got this method to work without a card from that location, but the number of regions it works with is increasingly small, and very hit and miss.

There's basically no alternative method now AFAIK, other than sideloading apps that have built in ad blocks, or going in for a family plan, which works out cheaper per-person, but you somehow have to find a family plan to get in on (or buy it yourself, but that kinda defeats the purpose of getting it cheap if you're paying everything without other contributers).
 
Smeghead said:
I mean, that's kinda the main talking point of this whole thread.

The main method has now mostly been stamped out by Google. It basically involved setting the country/region of your account to one of the locations that gave cheap memberships, using a VPNto said location when purchasing, and then it allowed you to buy a year of premium upfront at a much discounted price. However they've cut short a lot of those memberships now, and you can no longer purchase from a different region without a card issued from that region. I think a handful of people have somehow still got this method to work without a card from that location, but the number of regions it works with is increasingly small, and very hit and miss.

There's basically no alternative method now AFAIK, other than sideloading apps that have built in ad blocks, or going in for a family plan, which works out cheaper per-person, but you somehow have to find a family plan to get in on (or buy it yourself, but that kinda defeats the purpose of getting it cheap if you're paying everything without other contributers).
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thanks. i jumped to the end without reading!
 
I've caved and gone for a Premium Family membership. I have three spaces spare after adding the wife and one of my kids. What's the best way of managing selling them on the MM? You can only subscribe monthly to family (annual is only an option for invidiual in the UK for some reason), so my thinking is the options are:

Option 1 - £3.33 per month via standing order with a caveat that it goes up if YT increase prices. Downside is that I have to keep track of people paying each month.

Option 2 - £40 for a year - benefit is less for me to manage but I'd have to suck up any YT price increases (not exactly going to be much if they do). I guess I'd set a reminder to ask after a year if they wanted to do it again or not.

Leaning towards option 1 as there's less risk e.g. if YT clamp down on sharing or something (like Netflix has). I guess if someone stops paying I'll just remove them and sell the slot again...

How have others managed it?
 
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I've caved and gone for a Premium Family membership. I have three spaces spare after adding the wife and one of my kids. What's the best way of managing selling them on the MM? You can only subscribe monthly to family (annual is only an option for invidiual in the UK for some reason), so my thinking is the options are:

Option 1 - £3.33 per month via standing order with a caveat that it goes up if YT increase prices. Downside is that I have to keep track of people paying each month.

Option 2 - £40 for a year - benefit is less for me to manage but I'd have to suck up any YT price increases (not exactly going to be much if they do). I guess I'd set a reminder to ask after a year if they wanted to do it again or not.

Leaning towards option 1 as there's less risk e.g. if YT clamp down on sharing or something (like Netflix has). I guess if someone stops paying I'll just remove them and sell the slot again...

How have others managed it?
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Most people seem to ask for the 12 months up front to save messing about further down the line.
 
tom_e said:
Most people seem to ask for the 12 months up front to save messing about further down the line.
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Yeah, you’re probably right thinking about it. Don’t really want the hassle/don’t have the time to be keeping track of payments, chasing people up etc.

If YT clamps down on it then I’d just refund people pro-rata for the months remaining, so that solves the issue. Will go for option 2, thanks.
 
Assume if you sell slots, all 6 of you can listen to music, play videos etc...at the same time?
Read a few contradictory things online.
Looking to do this, will have 3 to sell.
 
tamzzy said:
12 months up front, refunded pro-rata if leaving early, cost increases shared pro-rata as well
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Already made the thread and said I won't be passing on any price increases, not worth the hassle over what would be a few quid. It feels like we're developing a contract/terms of service agreement as a community :D

Maybe I should have done a BT/Sky and raise it by RPI + some made up % mid contract :cry:
 
Scarfacé said:
I've caved and gone for a Premium Family membership. I have three spaces spare after adding the wife and one of my kids. What's the best way of managing selling them on the MM? You can only subscribe monthly to family (annual is only an option for invidiual in the UK for some reason), so my thinking is the options are:

Option 1 - £3.33 per month via standing order with a caveat that it goes up if YT increase prices. Downside is that I have to keep track of people paying each month.

Option 2 - £40 for a year - benefit is less for me to manage but I'd have to suck up any YT price increases (not exactly going to be much if they do). I guess I'd set a reminder to ask after a year if they wanted to do it again or not.

Leaning towards option 1 as there's less risk e.g. if YT clamp down on sharing or something (like Netflix has). I guess if someone stops paying I'll just remove them and sell the slot again...

How have others managed it?
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I'll take one of those slots, my Poland sub has just been nuked.
 
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