YouTube is canceling Premium subscriptions of members who used a VPN workaround to get Premium at cheaper rates than applicable. Read on!
  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
    951·
    9 months ago

    Blows my mind that to this day, companies don’t realize it’s a service issue. Like it’s straight up regressed. Adobe and Microsoft used to encourage piracy to help their bottom line. Now you have stupid PMs who realize they can get a good performance review by talking about how much money they’ll make/save from doing stuff like this

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    9 months ago

    Its funny how we cant use VPNs but companies will go to the country with the lowest wages to get workers.

  • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    392·
    9 months ago

    I’d rather not use youtube than give them money for it or even sit through their intrusive ads. There are infinite ways to entertain myself.

  • lobotomo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    9 months ago

    I’ve never seen a company SO devoted to get me to not use their service. $2-$3 a month is worth not seeing ads in my mind. They’ve made their website SO user hostile and their prices are just too damned high to justify paying them - I can just go without.

    • aramova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      There are repos on GitHub that pull the videos and metadata, not sure about posting to Peerhub, though if that’s possible to post via an api you could probably script it easily enough. Likely a risk of other “issues” doing so, but I’m sure some datahoarders could chime in.

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        I’d run this on a VPS if I could do it over the TOR network (don’t want to get caught with my CC on the line), but there’s the problem of needless duplication if this happens, so it’s likely the best if relevant authors do it themselves

  • w3dd1e@lemm.eeEnglish
    191·
    9 months ago

    I realize they charge what people are willing to pay, but can someone explain to me why YouTube costs just a couple USD a month in some countries and almost $20 a month in the US?

    Are operating costs cheaper in those countries? Are they taking a loss in those counties? Or are they just price gouging in the US?

  • OfficerBribe@lemm.eeEnglish
    173·
    9 months ago

    Makes sense and probably all companies that do regional pricing have a rule for this, Steam explicitly states to not do this as well

    You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to order or purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, Valve may terminate your access to your Account.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    153·
    9 months ago

    So a person is not allowed to be part of their home country and get service and then move? What if their job stays the same and they don’t make any extra? Evil google.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      9 months ago

      They are perfectly free to do that. They just have to resubscribe from their new home country at the new rate. Just like with telephone service or cable tv. It’s not like they will get in trouble or would be prevented from moving.

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    9 months ago

    If you have an iPhone or iPad you don’t even need to use a VPN to get cheap Premium. Just make an new Apple ID with an Indian address, top it up by buying a digital Apple Card on Amazon.in and redeeming it to your Indian account in iTunes on a computer. Then on your iPad or iPhone go to your Apple ID in the settings, log out of Media and Purchases and login with the Indian account. Then you can buy Premium in the YouTube app with your Rupees, you don’t even need to change your YouTube account.

    • recapitated@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      I can do even better. I can hook you up with a free lifetime account, but I’m having a problem with my bank account this week. But I’ll send you $6000 dollars if you just send me $5000 back. Yeah I know it sounds weird but I’m really not hard up for cash I just can’t get my cash out of the bank at this moment so I need your help. Hit me up and we’ll figure something out, and I’ll get you that free lifetime subscription.

  • Alpha71@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    9 months ago

    The only thing VPN’s are good for anymore is hiding torrents. That’s it.