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YouTube Premium (AdFree YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Music) for ~A$4.23 (No Fee Card) Per Month (Russian VPN Required)

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YouTube Premium (AdFree YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Music) for ~A$4.23 (No Fee Card) Per Month (Russian VPN Required)
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Taegukgi on 09/11/2018 - 09:28 youtube.com (2047 clicks)
Last edited 21/10/2022 - 13:16 by 3 other users

Similar to doweyy's deal on cheaper Netflix, the users at Mydealz have worked out a way to get cheaper Youtube Premium. Everything mentioned in doweyy's post applies here e.g. no fee credit card so I'll just keep things simple.

Youtube Premium will give you access to -
• Ad-free videos: Watch videos without interruptions
• Save offline: Save videos and songs on your mobile device to watch offline
• Background play: Keep videos or music playing when using other apps or when your screen’s off
• Audio mode: Listen to audio only on the YouTube Music app
• Google Play Music Subscription (when available in your country) is included at no additional cost

Current pricing is $14.99 per month in Australia whereas Russia is 199 RUB which works out to be about A$4.23 per month. This workaround should work for new and existing customers.

Again, the trick to making this work is having access to a VPN service. If you're signed up to one then the rest of the process should be fairly simple.

Instructions -
1. Connect a VPN to the server Russia
2. View YouTube.com then click on your profile picture in the top right corner and change the location from Russia to Australia.
3. Click on this link, then click on Learn more.
4. Enter Russian address and pay by credit card.
Termination takes place under this link
Example of a Russian address.
City: My City
Street: My street 1
State: Tulskaya oblast
Postcode: 300000

For more information (in English), check out the discussion on HUKD.

Full credit to AlohaBoha and Tobi90 at mydealz.

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    • johnyBgood on 09/11/2018 - 14:13
      +1

      If you don't see value on it, don't pay. Simple as that.

      I have google home and this is really useful as we love playing music from google or youtube music, and you don't get to see those annoying ads when watching from Youtube.

    • havebeerbelywillsumo on 09/11/2018 - 16:09

      I don't understand why people accept these type of needless premium subscription services.

      Agree 100%. Pay for a service to block things that shouldn't be there in the first place HUH?? Payment only encourages the issuing of more crap ALA

      "i have no way to block youtube ads on my shieldTV without rooting that i know of and they are starting to get aggressive with the ads"

      In this boat myself but I will never pay, it is basically being held to ransom.

      • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 17:26
        -1

        because they are stuuupid.

        Negs welcomed :)

      • asa79 on 13/11/2018 - 00:45
        +1

        Nothing in life is free. If you want free content then you have to pay or watch ads that pay for it

    • asa79 on 13/11/2018 - 00:44

      So how do you get google music free?

  • sexy on 09/11/2018 - 13:50

    I've constantly had us$11.99 as the price when signing up using Russian VPN. What's going wrong with this?

  • raybies on 09/11/2018 - 14:10
    -1

    youtube has ads?

  • Sabrex on 09/11/2018 - 14:11

    My google music charts all Russian hits, anyway to change?

    • BarryBargain88 on 09/11/2018 - 14:21

      Go into your profile and change country to Australia as per instructions in OPs post

      • westzod on 09/11/2018 - 14:37

        I have done this but my Google play music top charts are still Russian hmm

        • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 14:41

          Same I think google play music is geolocked

        • g0dskitchen on 09/11/2018 - 14:59

          Oh no. This is not good. So I won't sign up the Russia family then

          • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 15:03

            @g0dskitchen: Still got YouTube music though, that’s better than google play music too an extent, I also think that google play music is going to be phased out, seems outdated a bit

            • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 16:58
              +1

              @[Deactivated]: quality is better on G.music. I get annoyed by the difference in volume across songs in YTM.

        • BarryBargain88 on 09/11/2018 - 16:28

          Sorry, I’m using YouTube music. Didn’t know google play music was still around

  • 2keane on 09/11/2018 - 14:12

    Great deal OP!
    Will be sure to keep an eye out on exchange rates now.
    Also FYI as it would be an overseas purchase, If you want to avoid the foreign transaction fees, you should be using a card with none. e.g. 28degrees

    • digitizer on 10/11/2018 - 00:58

      Shouldn't have much trouble with exchange rates - if anything, the rouble will just keep falling..

  • mooreshady on 09/11/2018 - 14:32

    Family plan, Russian way, how much per month?

    • Taegukgi on 09/11/2018 - 14:33
      +1

      299RUB

      • mooreshady on 09/11/2018 - 16:09

        omg almost a $1 per month per person!

  • holliswhy on 09/11/2018 - 14:47
    +1

    It's worked! Thanks! I got the family for 299RUB/ month.
    Excellent!

  • Jared17 on 09/11/2018 - 14:52
    +1

    Going by all these deals we need a good deal for vpn now lol.

  • McBanjo on 09/11/2018 - 14:56
    +1

    Uhm has anyone actually tried this? When I go overseas with my YouTube premium bought from Australia, everything fails. Downloads, background play, etc. as the premium features are only supported in the country you purchased it for….

    Seems like a major oversight unless someone can demonstrate otherwise that it works without routing all my future YouTube traffic via Russia.

    • theg00s3 on 08/12/2018 - 12:38

      It works in all countries that it is available in, so in the countries on this link Youtube Premium should work.

  • samcro on 09/11/2018 - 14:59

    It worked. Declined my card, but then I noticed a Paypal option and that worked. Charged 199RUB!

  • easternbluecut on 09/11/2018 - 15:52

    I have a substantial amount of $$ attached to my google account anyone successfully paid for rus service with aud Google credit? Anyone know if it is possible?

    • SeaWolf au on 09/11/2018 - 16:49
      +1

      I don't think it is. I've got a subscription for something else that's charged in USD and I can't set it to be payed from my AUD Google Play credit. I get an error saying "Purchase currency is not supported".

  • mooreshady on 09/11/2018 - 16:11

    The family, can we pay for 12 months instead of monthly?

    • 11112007 on 09/11/2018 - 17:15

      There's only monthly:(

      I was hoping we could lock in 12 months!

  • jaimex2 on 09/11/2018 - 16:27
    +3

    Setting your proxy settings to a Russian server works just as well.

    http://www.gatherproxy.com/proxylist/country/?c=Russia

    • funhaver on 09/11/2018 - 19:47
      +1

      Worked perfectly! Defeats the need trying to find a free / trial Russian VPN without giving out my card details. Thanks!

      • magic8ballgag on 09/11/2018 - 20:07

        There are plenty of free VPN trials that don't request any payment method.

    • kazander18 on 13/11/2018 - 12:36

      Doesn't seem to work for me. IP leak verifies that I have a Russian IP (DNS in Finland for some reason).

      All my credit cards and PayPal fail. Tried in incognito mode too.

      Any suggestions?

  • anti-hero on 09/11/2018 - 17:07
    +2

    I am using AD block on my chrome, and never watched any youtube ads.

    • COVID-19 on 09/11/2018 - 19:50

      works a treat!!

  • ujwols on 09/11/2018 - 17:14
    +3

    Pm if anyone wants to join my Russian family, we are adopting 😊

    • virtualds on 09/11/2018 - 18:18

      How much to pay?

      • ujwols on 09/11/2018 - 18:20

        $2 pm

        • Homr on 09/11/2018 - 19:49

          $2 per month? I'm in!

          Pm me plz Sir!

        • OZBargaina on 09/11/2018 - 21:00
          -5

          Stop trying to profit off us. 6.16/6 should be 1 dollar, max 1.2 for each member.

    • AKA AKA on 09/11/2018 - 20:26

      Pm me plz.

    • dwhes on 09/11/2018 - 22:45

      I'm keen to join. Send me a PM with the details!

    • ujwols on 11/11/2018 - 20:33
      +1

      Thanks for all the pm, our family is now complete 😊 Not adopting anymore

  • amsaini15 on 09/11/2018 - 17:28

    Does anyone know if you can have people in different states but in Australia on Family Plan (299RUB per month)? I get that different countries will not work.

    • ujwols on 09/11/2018 - 17:49

      I am guessing it will work

      • amsaini15 on 09/11/2018 - 17:56

        Thanks mate. Lets see if anyone can confirm.

    • ujwols on 10/11/2018 - 01:05

      confirmed it works

      • chriise on 10/11/2018 - 17:28

        How did you join the family group? I created a dummy account to sign up for Russian Family, but can't add my main without getting "different country" error - does everyone joining have to change their address in google settings?

        • ujwols on 11/11/2018 - 20:35

          yes and also have to remain connected to Russia while accepting the invitation

          • chriise on 11/11/2018 - 22:40

            @ujwols: I dunno what's up. I've tried everything and no luck. My Russian dummy account is set up with a Russian profile and Australian profile. Invited my main. Main can't join. Tried adding a Russian payment profile to my main, all matching addresses, still can't join. All best tried with and without Russian VPN. Don't wanna mess about too much incase Google decided to lock my account for unusual activity. Wondering if it's because the Russian dummy is on the 30 day trial which my main has already used. Our because my main is already part of another family.

            • theg00s3 on 08/12/2018 - 12:40

              @chriise:

              Our because my main is already part of another family.
              That's why. An account can only be linked to one family at a time.

  • amsaini15 on 09/11/2018 - 18:18
    +1

    NordVPN plan is approx $120 for 3 years. Is everyone using some VPN at home and if there is any better one or NordVPN is good enough in terms of speed when connecting to US, canada.

    • 11112007 on 09/11/2018 - 19:08
      +1

      $120 AFTER you claim cashrewards. Just clarifying for those playing at home.

      Nord is the best!

  • jaimex2 on 09/11/2018 - 19:49

    In Soviet Russia, streaming service listens to YOU!

  • Homr on 09/11/2018 - 19:53

    Not sure if Putin will be pleased seeing so much Aussies using Russian address for cheap youtube premium

    This might be a trigger to WW 3 :O

  • blazed on 09/11/2018 - 20:10

    Getflix has Russia VPN

  • Flanders on 09/11/2018 - 20:25
    -1

    AU $4.23 (No Fee Card) Per Month Using VPN Workaround

    This… **or just get it completely free with new free trail each month 'workaround'*

    • VehemenceThePhoenix on 09/11/2018 - 20:51

      what workaround?

      • Flanders on 10/11/2018 - 00:21
        -1

        Just sign up for free trials. Then another free trial. Can keep doing that forever

  • Dpkmax on 09/11/2018 - 21:09

    Got it used UPVN ( free) Thanks Op

  • dwhes on 09/11/2018 - 22:45

    If anyone is looking for a family member, I'm keen to join! PM me.

  • Godric on 09/11/2018 - 22:56

    Does PIA not have a russian server?

  • tassieeagle on 09/11/2018 - 23:07

    Keep getting "An unexpected error has occurred" message. Signed into VPN and using an address for 300000 Russia

    • kuripot on 10/11/2018 - 00:01

      Same error message on Windows (firefox / chrome) and Android firefox (bankwest CC and paypal) but was able to get it on Android chrome (bankwest CC) on my Torguard VPN.

  • RangaWal on 09/11/2018 - 23:45

    What would be the cost with Paypal after the exchange rate surcharge?

  • Homr on 10/11/2018 - 00:28

    Trying to join my russian family. Using speedify but it keeps saying along the lines "your family is not located in the same country"

    any help plz?

    • chriise on 10/11/2018 - 17:29

      Getting the same issue - even using VPN for joining the family group won't work

      • Homr on 10/11/2018 - 19:49

        yeh, can anyone help please.

        • chriise on 17/11/2018 - 23:19

          Hey did you get this to work?

        • spikiii on 18/11/2018 - 09:04

          Not sure if there was anything special but the process I took:
          - logged into youtube via VPN.
          - swapped region from RU to Australia (still on VPN)
          - I signed up to & paid for family plan 299RUB (still on VPN)
          - Diconnected VPN, signed out of everything. Signed back in via normal route
          - confirmed had premium family plan
          - Then sent out all the invites
          - 3 invitees accepted while at my place (my mates)
          - 2 other invitees accepted the next day without issue

          again, nothing special but hope my experience helps someone else trying to set this up

          • Homr on 18/11/2018 - 09:18

            @spikiii: Which location did the 2 other invites accept?

            • spikiii on 18/11/2018 - 09:18

              @Homr: still within same city (BNE)

              • chriise on 18/11/2018 - 14:29

                @spikiii: and @Homr - Just wanted to update to say i got this working. Did it on an existing account that had already expired a free trial and already had the family members in the group before signing up for premium. I got a message before signing up that all members would be included on the subscription. However, I still had to set up a new Russian payment profile for this subscription - you can see this under pay.google.com. I don't really mind this, but would be good to clarify if you also have that same set up on your profile.

          • chriise on 18/11/2018 - 13:43

            @spikiii: Thanks - did U set up a Russia payment profile when U paid for premium? Did you keep this profile? I'm going to try again without the throwaway account..

            • spikiii on 18/11/2018 - 18:04

              @chriise: I set up the Russian payment on an existing Youtube account profile. It did not have family setup prior.

              Setup Russian payment on VPN, setup family non-VPN. :)

              • chriise on 18/11/2018 - 18:24

                @spikiii: Awesome. And similarly you can't delete the Russian profile now as the YouTube sub is connected to that?

  • nosuchthing on 10/11/2018 - 00:53

    Worked for me.. thanks OP!

  • digitizer on 10/11/2018 - 01:02

    Anyone know if all content is available? Or they decide by ip and not by membership?
    Doing the same thing for Apple Music but lately some albums and tracks started to be unavailable in Russia

  • ausbuysell12 on 10/11/2018 - 01:13
    -1

    You could get most of the features provided by YouTubeVanced/YouTube premium without rooting your device in a privacy focused app with no user activity tracking and open-source code on github for anyone to audit. Details here NewPipe.

    Can be downloaded using F-Droid app store - no rooting is necessary, installs parallel to play store on your phone or tablet with no conflicts/issues and manages updates to its apps in the same way play store does.

    Been using it for ~1.5yrs with no issues.

    Description below from their GitHub page

    Edit: Added extra text from their GitHub page and typo

    Description

    NewPipe does not use any Google framework libraries, nor the YouTube API. Websites are only parsed to fetch required info, so this app can be used on devices without Google services installed. Also, you don't need a YouTube account to use NewPipe, which is copylefted libre software.
    Features

    Search videos
    Display general info about videos
    Watch YouTube videos
    Listen to YouTube videos
    Popup mode (floating player)
    Select streaming player to watch video with
    Download videos
    Download audio only
    Open a video in Kodi
    Show next/related videos
    Search YouTube in a specific language
    Watch/Block age restricted material
    Display general info about channels
    Search channels
    Watch videos from a channel
    Orbot/Tor support (not yet directly)
    1080p/2K/4K support
    View history
    Subscribe to channels
    Search history
    Search/watch playlists
    Watch as enqueued playlists
    Enqueue videos
    Local playlists
    Subtitles
    Multi-service support (e.g. SoundCloud [beta])
    Livestream support

    Coming Features

    Cast to UPnP and Cast
    Show comments
    … and many more

    • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2018 - 02:48
      +4

      For my use case, youtube premium subscription gives me features that third party app / ad blocker cant do:

      • Ad free Youtube in all devices including Android TV (I can install the third party app in each device, but using original youtube app is so convenient)
      • Watch history and continue to watch youtube from different device (same google account)
      • Google play music on different phones (love the interface and collections of GPM compare to Apple Music)
      • asking all my Google Home and Home Mini to play music collections
  • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2018 - 02:40

    Confirmed that for existing subscription
    need to first cancel and re-subscribe

    Saved me $12 per month on a family plan (From $18/month to RU299/month)

    Not sure whether there will be geo block in the future
    but atm, I can use play music and youtube red as usual using the new family plan

    • chriise on 10/11/2018 - 17:30

      Have you had any success adding other family members to the plan? Did they have to change their address settings to join? Simply using a VPN still gave me a 'different country' error

      • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2018 - 23:44

        My partner is already in the google family before I cancel my google family plan. When I join YouTube premium, seems she auto get into the family as well?

  • sky6688 on 10/11/2018 - 04:38

    Thanks OP.

    First, got declined by 28Degrees and then changed to Coles MC and it's worked perfectly.

  • aimon on 10/11/2018 - 07:23

    28 degrees and travel money card not working.

    "Transaction declined: invalid payment method. Learn more [OR-CCSEH-05]'

    Anyone got any tips for CC to use?

    • ujwols on 10/11/2018 - 07:34
      +1

      Try using Speedify VPN in PC

    • aimon on 10/11/2018 - 08:23

      I don't think it is the VPN. its to do with CC processing.

      • ujwols on 10/11/2018 - 08:26
        +1

        it worked with Speedify+28degree for me

        • aimon on 10/11/2018 - 08:45

          Didnt work with nordvpn and 28 degrees for me. Will look at speedily

        • aimon on 10/11/2018 - 08:50

          Not working on speedify either.

          • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2018 - 10:22

            @aimon: I use Russia proxy instead of VPN
            and 28degree work

  • its on 10/11/2018 - 08:26

    Signed up for family as per instructions

    Then sent an invite to my wife and she clicks on it and says "looks like you are in a different country than the family manager". Does she need to be on VPN as well while accepting it?

    • ujwols on 10/11/2018 - 08:27
      +1

      Yes, she will probably need to create new account while being connected to VPN. There seems to be problem with the existing account

      • errorius on 10/11/2018 - 09:49
        +1

        Don't have to. Turned VPN on and logged in into my missus account, changed location to Russia and accepted an invitation then reverted back and all is working fine.

        • ujwols on 10/11/2018 - 09:53
          +1

          where and how did you change location to Russia?

          • its on 10/11/2018 - 21:46
            +1

            @ujwols: just logged in to my mrs account on VPN .. accepted invitation. no need to change location.

            Let's see how long this lasts!!!

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