YouTube Cancels Premium Subscriptions Created Using VPNs to Pay Lower Prices

MADRID, June 20 (Portaltic/EP) –

YouTube began deleting all user accounts that subscribed to the paid version of the YouTube Premium platform by taking advantage of a virtual private network (VPN), a method commonly used to reduce fees for the same service.

The cost of payment plans for Google’s video streaming platform varies greatly depending on the country in which a user signs up, due to factors such as the standard of living or the value of that territory’s currency.

For this reason, some users decide to use a VPN to connect to a server with a cheaper pricing model and pay less for the same service, a trick that 9to5Google demonstrated with an example. the case of the USA and Ukraine.

If in the first, a subscription to a single account costs $13.99 per month (13.06 euros at the current rate), then in the second you pay 99 hryvnia per month, which is equivalent to $2.50 (about 2.33 euros).

A number of users confirmed via Reddit that they received notification from the platform that their accounts had been deleted due to “moving” to a different region than the one they were in. was originally registeredThe above-mentioned media reported this.

Thus, unilateral cancellation of this service requires the user to re-subscribe in the territory in which they are located, although, as stated by those affected, they will be able to continue to access the benefits offered by the subscription until next renewal date.