YouTube Premium Plan Price Increase

cuteseal on 21/10/2022 - 07:28
Last edited 21/10/2022 - 07:50

Been enjoying YouTube premium courtesy of our Argentinian neighbours but just received notification of a price increase. Inflation? Or more like hyperinflation…

We will be updating your YouTube Premium family plan price starting 21 November 2022
Hi xxx,
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We created YouTube Premium to provide an uninterrupted YouTube experience, so that you can get closer to the videos, creators and music artists that you love. To continue delivering great service and features, we will be increasing your Premium family plan price from ARS 179.00/month to ARS 699.00/month.
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That’s almost a fourfold increase… although it’s still pretty reasonable in comparison to Aus pricing.

Just wondering if they are increasing pricing in other regions too?

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  • buckster on 21/10/2022 - 07:30
    +1

    Beat me to posting the exact same question.

    If there's another country to hop to, that'd be great

  • AU1 on 21/10/2022 - 07:30

    Got the same message, it’s a pretty big jump from sub $2 to $7.

  • The Delray Misfits on 21/10/2022 - 07:32
    +23

    vanced

    • denzele on 21/10/2022 - 09:46
      +13

      Why down posts ? Vanced still working really good for me .

      • The Delray Misfits on 21/10/2022 - 09:47
        +15

        probably because they are paying for premium while im paying 0 for the same thing ;)

        • liongalahad on 21/10/2022 - 13:01
          +2

          is there Vanced for Android TV? if, not, I have no use for Vanced

          • qwertimus on 21/10/2022 - 13:06
            +10

            @liongalahad: Yeah, there's SmartTubeNext. It has no ads, SponsorBlock, quality selection, AFR, cast support, etc.
            Been working pretty great for me

            • liongalahad on 21/10/2022 - 13:11
              +2

              @qwertimus: does it connect to the youtube account? so you have all your subscription, history etc

          • worker on 23/10/2022 - 12:54
            +5

            @insane: Lol

            iM a cReAtOoOoR

            This is ozb not pay the youtuber

            Make sure to click like and subscribe for more ozb content comments

          • samfisher5986 on 24/10/2022 - 12:40
            +1

            @insane: Youtube was better before "Youtube creators". So its actually in my best interest to block your ads and your sponsors.

            • insane on 25/10/2022 - 14:56

              @samfisher5986: Youtube was better before people started putting video's up onto it? Righto

              • samfisher5986 on 25/10/2022 - 14:59

                @insane: Are you 12 years old? Youtube has been around for a while.

              • Kdfc8003 on 24/11/2022 - 18:43
                +1

                @insane: If your business model surviving depends on 50 ozb users, then i have to say that's a pretty skinny margin you are running there, buddy.

                tell you what.. i'm feeling generous. Tell me your channel name, i'll view 10 of your video creations today just like that.. ads and all… just for you

          • The Delray Misfits on 24/10/2022 - 16:55

            @insane: username checks out

      • CrispyChrispy on 21/10/2022 - 09:54
        +4

        Vanced stopped working for me, but Revanced has been working just fine. Different devs/team I believe, but practically the same thing.

        • cheapass88 on 21/10/2022 - 10:48

          Thanks, never heard of revanced, but just cancelled and will try this now

        • Kangal on 21/10/2022 - 20:06
          +2

          Yeah the latest Vanced isn't working properly. Google keeps changing things on their end, breaking compatibility, with certain Ads coming through, crashes, and notifications not being pushed.

    • watwatwat on 21/10/2022 - 13:22
      +1

      Cheap premium is better/supported for mobile and chromecast, youtube on TV.

    • Korban Dallas on 22/10/2022 - 00:17
      +1

      Buggy mate and it is really going to break soon.

  • jayboi on 21/10/2022 - 07:35
    +1

    Does India have the same price increase?
    Or is there another cheaper country?

  • verio on 21/10/2022 - 07:35
    +25

    It quite obvious that they don't care about the rising cost of life here in Argentina /s

    It is a big jump and we need to check other regions too. I am not against moving to Turkey or India to get cheaper Youtube Premium.

    • Hai N on 21/10/2022 - 08:02

      Agreed. Lets see if there are any changes to other regions as well.

    • stumo on 21/10/2022 - 12:48
      +2

      Why the need to dock somewhere at all landlubber?

  • minjixp on 21/10/2022 - 07:36
    +1

    welp, the $1 YT premium was fun while it lasted :')

  • Dean Randle on 21/10/2022 - 07:49
    +2

    119 to 389 ARS (+227% increase!)
    That's a huge leap.

    • snuke on 21/10/2022 - 07:51

      Single plan went up too?

      • spot2001 on 21/10/2022 - 08:33

        Yeah, just got the email for single plan, it went up too.

  • snuke on 21/10/2022 - 07:50

    It seems to be just the Family plans at this stage, US goes $17.99 per month to $22.99, UK £17.99 per month to £19.99 per month. Canada and Mexico too, no idea about Aus.

    • pizzin on 21/10/2022 - 08:05

      nope, I am on the single plan.

      " To continue delivering great service and features, we will be increasing your Premium price from ARS 119.00/month to ARS 389.00/month."

      still reasonable considering the AUS price, but I was shocked at the gigantic jump in price!

  • Lets Make Sandwiches on 21/10/2022 - 08:01
    +1

    Yep I got the same email - how ridiculous. 391% increase which is crazy - have they realised that most of their subscribers are from places other than Argentina?

    Will consider cancelling at this price but I have gotten used to no annoying ads. Trouble is a lot of people are putting ads in their videos to get around this.

    • Ryanek on 21/10/2022 - 09:47
      +1

      A price increase was always going to be inevitable. Most phones have 4K now so everyone is uploading in higher resolutions.

      This means a lot more storage costs.

    • iDroid on 21/10/2022 - 10:17
      +1

      how ridiculous. 391% increase which is crazy - have they realised that most of their subscribers are from places other than Argentina?

      Perhaps that's the reason for the significant increase.

      • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 23:15

        Prices seem to be increasing significantly in most countries, even the US for family plans. Not 400%, but significant bumps, suggesting that their costs have possibly gone up by a couple of dollars per user….

  • elgrande on 21/10/2022 - 08:04
    +3

    I had a similiar increase on my CheapCheapLah Premium membership (which I use to get OzBargain Premium membership at a discounted rate).

    • avoidfullprice on 21/10/2022 - 10:09
      +4

      I avoided the hike by going to yearly subscription, after of course stacking the cheaper gold subscription code for 2 years then turn into ultimate premium membership for $1.

      • shiznit on 21/10/2022 - 12:46

        Did you pay with discounted gift cards?

        • buckster on 21/10/2022 - 14:47

          Eneloops have a better going rate

    • BigLeviathan on 24/11/2022 - 20:03

      What's this ozb premium you are talking about here? First time I hear

  • barge-in hunter on 21/10/2022 - 08:13

    Ah, same email here. Was great while it lasted

  • capslock on 21/10/2022 - 08:14
    +1

    I'm still happy to pay the A$4.

  • ESEMCE on 21/10/2022 - 08:14

    Wow, makes my Turkish Lira Family sub increase from TRY29.99 to 59.99 seem cheap.

    AUD5.09/month still worth it for family music streaming and no ads on Youtube.

    No price Increase all year where Netflix have increased prices at least twice (going by other forum posts I've seen), so this is probably just catching up with the Exchange Rate.

  • twansadrown on 21/10/2022 - 08:20

    Yeh got the email. I was like wah big jump. Still cheaper than Au so still happy

  • siberry on 21/10/2022 - 08:22
    +1

    Can you move to another country pricing or does that not work?

  • omguleh on 21/10/2022 - 08:23
    +1

    No news on my Indian Family sub.

  • dragonos81 on 21/10/2022 - 08:23
    +1

    Seems like they increase the price across the board: https://9to5google.com/2022/10/20/youtube-premium-price-hike…

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 21/10/2022 - 08:28
    +1

    Meh, still happy to pay $7 honestly. Still cheap.

  • Wiadro on 21/10/2022 - 08:34
    +1

    7 bucks is still cheap, for the whole fam to have ad free youtube, able to stream music on their phones. lets better value and better content to the likes of netflix

    • life is suffering on 21/10/2022 - 09:05
      +3

      Agree but for the locals it's pretty expensive

      • YeboMate on 21/10/2022 - 13:19
        +1

        You mean for us locals, it’s pretty expensive? 😊

      • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 13:59

        Yep, and that's the downside of exploiting pricing plans designed to cater for residents in countries with lower wages. Those locals are the ones you ultimately get burned when the company seeks to mitigate the revenue run-off.

    • HappyPants on 21/10/2022 - 09:09

      Can you make different profiles for different users? Think I need to set up a family account.

      • bennythejet on 21/10/2022 - 15:03

        Set up a Google Family Group then all members of the family group can access the YT premium family sub.

        • reactor-au on 22/10/2022 - 08:35

          Do all members need to have the same location settings for their Google accounts?

  • CyberMurning on 21/10/2022 - 08:35
    +2

    Whats the free alternatives again?

    For windows I use brave browser.
    For google tv with cc i have sideloaded smarttube

    missing:
    for the android phone and
    google nest hub - the one with screen (not sure if possibile)
    (I prefer one i can login so subscriptions are sync)

    Cheers

    • CrispyChrispy on 21/10/2022 - 09:55
      +1

      Have you looked into YT Vanced/Revanced? I initally wasn't bothered to check them out but I'm happy I did as they work flawlessly.

      • CyberMurning on 21/10/2022 - 10:51
        +1

        checking now. any idea with the nest hub?

    • thekensai on 21/10/2022 - 09:59

      does brave browser filter the youtube ads for you on windows? i just tried and ads still show

      • CyberMurning on 21/10/2022 - 10:51

        hmm i dont have to do anything with brave and no ads

      • NoFingIdea on 21/10/2022 - 15:24

        uBlock origin works well for Chrome.

        • thekensai on 21/10/2022 - 16:26

          just tried and ads are gone! thanks for sharing. how about android?

      • iDroid on 22/10/2022 - 11:09
        • Open the Hamburger (Main) menu and select Settings
        • Select 'Shields'
        • Select 'Content Filtering'
        • In the 'Custom Filters' section, copy the following

        www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element

        • Save changes
        • thekensai on 22/10/2022 - 15:35

          which app are u referring to? chrome android? didn't find 'shields' in settings

    • Aureus on 21/10/2022 - 12:18

      Do you know if Smarttube supports "Restricted Mode" like the official app does? I tried Googling, but can't find it.

      I have a new Chromecast that I planned to sell, but will use it for Smarttube if it supports this feature.

      • CyberMurning on 21/10/2022 - 14:10

        what is that restricted mode? i dont know.. i just watch normal youtube thats all i want,.. without ads
        live streams works fine

        • Aureus on 21/10/2022 - 14:48

          Fair enough. It filters out a lot of the mature content videos

  • stuarty9 on 21/10/2022 - 08:39

    Also got the email, its quite the increase!

  • d123 on 21/10/2022 - 08:52

    We got the same email too. That's a huge price increase, percentage wise.

  • mortyestmorty on 21/10/2022 - 09:02
    +2

    Can anyone on Indian Premium confirm if the price is changing?

    • bmerigan on 21/10/2022 - 22:58
      +1

      I've not received a price change notification

  • sweetchilli on 21/10/2022 - 09:06
    +1

    What’s the monthly price for premium in India? I can’t seem to get YouTube to connect to India via VPN so I can’t check if it’s worth the change over from Argentina.

    Edit - India prices are R189 p/month which is about $3.63
    Turkey prices are 29.99TRY p/month which is around $2.57

    • sh4wnc on 21/10/2022 - 09:38

      See comment above. Turkey price will be increased to 59.99TRY.

      • sweetchilli on 21/10/2022 - 09:39

        Sorry I got the prices wrong, edit is below of prices.

    • sidozbargain on 21/10/2022 - 09:38

      What is the family price in India ?

    • sweetchilli on 21/10/2022 - 09:51
      +8

      Sorry I got the prices wrong.

      India

      • Individual: R129 p/month - R1290 annual
      • Family: R189 p/month

      Turkey

      • Individual: TRY29.99 p/month - TRY299.99 annual
      • Family: TRY59.99 p/month

      Argentina

      • Individual: ARS389 p/month - No annual
      • Family: ARS 699 p/month
      • sidozbargain on 21/10/2022 - 10:04

        Thanks
        So no Annual plan for Family

      • sweetchilli on 21/10/2022 - 10:11

        Just go this error after trying to change subscriptions.

        Your card issuer declined your payment. Declines are often due to insufficient funds or card status. Check your card or select a different payment method

        • sweetchilli on 21/10/2022 - 10:37
          +1

          Tried it on PC with success.

          • snuke on 21/10/2022 - 11:01

            @sweetchilli: What Card are you using?

            I only moved across form Indian sub in June, regret that move now of course. It seems India YT no longer takes Amex which I was setup with.

        • Slugoid on 21/10/2022 - 11:31

          I'm getting this same issue as well. I think it may be something about Google India not being able to store credit card details permanently.

      • boldwombat on 21/10/2022 - 10:24
        +1

        Time to move to India and pay for annual to secure pricing for the year. Correction: moved to Turkey because the transaction wouldn't go through in India. What a big day of travel for me.

      • cuteseal on 21/10/2022 - 10:32
        +23

        My man, thanks for this.
        Converted to AUD (via Google):

        India Individual: RS129 p/month = A$2.48 /month
        India Family: RS189 p/month = A$3.64 /month

        Turkey Individual: TRY29.99 p/month = A$2.57 /month
        Turkey Family: TRY59.99 p/month = A$5.14 /month

        Argentina Individual: ARS389 p/month = A$4.04 /month
        Argentina Family: ARS 699 p/month = A$7.62 /month

        Looks like India is cheapest at this stage, if you can sort out the payment. From what others are saying it looks like India hasn't put up their prices, but I wonder if it's coming? Would suck to go through the trouble of switching only to have it increased again.

  • DingoBilly on 21/10/2022 - 09:14
    +5

    Also received it.

    It's shitty as YouTube and YouTube music player are both just shit products. I'm not really convinced it's worth it even at $5 a month.

    Youtube in particular seems to have massively gone down the toilet. Recommends me absolute trash and the same videos I've watched over and over. Music player has always been shit so at least it's consistently bad.

    But doesn't seem to be strong competition (that I'm willing to pay for admittedly) so dunno. Being a cheapass has its downfalls.

    • ESEMCE on 21/10/2022 - 10:00

      the same videos I've watched over and over

      That's not a new thing. I still don't get it though.
      If the algorithm is so good, why can't it remember things like this?
      Youtube Music recommendations are similarly shit. But the price is hard to beat and importing Spotify playlists improves it dramatically.

      • DingoBilly on 21/10/2022 - 11:04

        Oh the import of Spotify playlists is an interesting idea.

        So you go and browse top Spotify playlists or whatever your interests are, then select/import to Youtube Music Player? That sounds like a slightly painful but interesting solution.

        • cuteseal on 21/10/2022 - 11:12

          Don't think you can do it natively, but there are third party services such as songshift that allow you to transfer playlists between services.

  • huwcar on 21/10/2022 - 09:38
    +1

    It's not a strong enough product to justify pricing at the same level as Amazon Prime. Only issue for me is that my kids seems to watch more YouTube than anything else, and I don't want them watching the ads, so will maintain the membership.
    I don't mind youtube music ads on the smart speaker, they're not too intrusive.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 10:09
    +5

    Your YouTube Premium membership has been canceled, and we're sorry to see you go! Just so you know, you'll lose your YouTube Premium membership benefits on Nov 2, 2022… Fvck youtube

  • hazwing on 21/10/2022 - 10:19

    Hmm…. might have to relook at youtube vanced or newer alternatives.
    Adblockers also seem to work when using youtube on computer.
    But is there any other option to avoid ads, when using a smart TV (LG) or chromecast

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