I was reading that it’s possible to get YouTube premium cheaper if you use VPN and buy it via Argentina or India. I tried it on iOS, I set my phone region to Argentina , Set my VPN to Argentina then set my YouTube App to Argentina but it doesn’t work. I still get prices in € and German pricing. Restarting the phone doesn’t help. Any tips?
Sorry to necro this but for the people who end up here from google search, on iOS you don’t use a VPN to get the India prices.
Do these things on a desktop (can probably be done on a mobile device just easier on a desktop):
prerequisite: You need an e-mail address that is different from the one you are using for your Apple account. So make one at mail.google.com or mail.yahoo.com if you don’t have another one yet.
- Create a new Apple account with a different e-mail address than the Apple account you are currently using and with India as a country (you can just use your same phone number, doesn’t matter which country it is) https://account.apple.com/account edit: or go to https://music.apple.com/us/new => sign-in. And enter your alternate e-mail, no phone number necessary
- Buy an Apple Store card with Indian rupees here https://www.amazon.in/apay/detail/apple-store-codes?ref_=apay_deskhome_AppleStore you can login with any Amazon account. I recommend using something like Revolut to pay since the conversion rates are much better so choose to pay in Rupees at checkout. The USD price is a ripoff.
- Go to iTunes on desktop log in with the new indian account and redeem the code. You have to enter an Indian address the first time you do this so just go to Google Maps and find a Starbucks in India or something.
You have to do this on a desktop, since if you try to redeem it on your iOS device you need to log out the entire Apple account and change users and that takes a long time. And can fuck some things up. edit:edit: Found out that you can do this on an iOS device thanks to u/sammyke007 If you don’t want to or can’t go to iTunes on a desktop skip this step and and go to the next section.
If you signed up trough the music.apple.com link you might get asked to verify a phone number when you login in with that account. Sometimes that will not work until you enter a different number from the one that is already used by your original Apple Account. You can even use a landline and have a robot call you the verification code.
Now on your iOS device:
- go to Settings ->Apple Account (so your name on the top). Then tap “Media & Purchases → Sign Out” Then again “Media & Purchases → Not [your name]?” and sign in with the Indian account
- a) If you haven’t redeemed your code yet go to the App Store app => tap your profile picture (top right) => “Redeem Gift Card or Code” and enter your code, you have to enter an Indian address if you haven’t done so yet.
- Once signed in go to the Youtube app and sign up for Premium and you will see the Indian prices. You don’t even need to use a different Youtube account, you can just use the one you always use.
- Then once signed up go to “Settings->Apple Account->Subscriptions” And you can see your Youtube subscription, you can even change plans in here.
- Then go back to “Settings->Apple Account->Media & Purchases” and Sign out and sign back in again with your regular Apple Account. And your done. Don’t forget to top-up your Rupees with a new code in iTunes on your desktop or in the App Store
This also works for F1TV.
I cannot get Argentina, or Turkey, or India to take my credit cards. Ukraine worked but they banned my account right away after i was able to get the Premium. For the Ukrainian account, I signed up on an iPhone for a new account, even used ukrainian phone number but then i had to log in on Samsung phone to try a different vpn app as i was getting “couldn’t verify the country error”. I used VPNs for all these different accounts. My old account still works in YouTube Argentina, but I cannot sign up with a new account.
those who say their YT premium works, usually mean their old Premium subscriptions work. I am curious what’s the current situation on the new subscription.
I even bought turkish and indian google pay cards, and i cannot redeem them thorugu the VPN.
connect to india, create new google account on india locations and then subscribe youtube, it works for me.
It is not on the official YouTube application that the process takes place, otherwise nothing will work. You go to Google, type “youtube.com”, then log in with the email address you want to use to pay for the subscription, go to “YouTube Premium” and you will see the price in Argentine currency. You provide the credit card information with which you want to pay for the subscription, and then YouTube will charge the usual amount for people living in Argentina. Good luck!
India and Argentina don’t accept non local credit cards. There is no way around it?
I had YT premium (Egypt), €1.09 p/m. Got away with it for about a year before google emailed me saying “the signup country was inaccurate “ 
Guys how can I use google family group YouTube premium in another country.
Not sure what to do next
My old youtube premium sub was made with vpn and India country for cheaper price
Now they sent emails about price increase on October 15
Not sure would happen if I try to accept the price raise
And I do nothing about it. It will cancel my sub on October 15
And tips?? I dont mind the price increase.
Ich habe folgende E-Mail bekommen, nachdem ich jetzt mehrere Jahre Youtube Premium über Indien habe, Hat jemand eine Lösung/Idee? (momentan habe ich meine Revolut Kreditkarte hinterlegt)
"YouTube Premium-Mitglieder, die in Indien ansässig sind, müssen ein Zahlungsmittel angeben, das in Indien ausgestellt wurde.
Bitte hinterlege bis zum 5. Dezember 2024 ein neues Zahlungsmittel, das in Indien ausgestellt wurde, um deine Mitgliedschaft aufrechtzuerhalten. Andernfalls wird deine Mitgliedschaft nicht automatisch verlängert und du verlierst den Zugriff auf die YouTube Premium-Vorteile"
I have been paying monthly for premium through argentina since 2020. No issues so far. Does anyone know what happens if they figure it out. It’s stupidly on my main account. Also use for Gmail. Will they ban me? Will I lose access to my account?
Can someone remind me of the actual process? I did it with India years ago and I forgot.
Plus, should I cancel my current one and change to another country that will allow it or is there an option to just change location and payment?
Thank you!
So can I do it on ordinary Dell laptop?
Phones have location services. VPN only changes IP address, not GPS location.
TL;DR Turn off location services.
Also, you need to change your payment profile to argentina.
is there a way to do this on android?
Amazon won’t let me buy a gift card with my credit card. How did you do it
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. This worked perfectly for me.
This is great, thanks for sharing
I receive this error when trying to login in iTunes with my newly created Indian account after filling in an Indian address:
For assistance, contact iTunes Support at www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
Any tips?