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• YouTube is increasing subscription prices outside the US, affecting both individual and family plans.
• The price hike differs per region with some seeing changes between 30% to 50%.
• If you're impacted, it makes YouTube Premium more expensive than Spotify Premium and Apple Music.

Several users on Reddit (2) report receiving an email over the weekend informing them of a significant increase in their YouTube subscription fee. In some cases, the hike is as much as 50%. The higher prices will go into effect in November. The higher subscription fee applies to both individual and family YouTube Premium plans. In Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy, YouTube's Family plan will cost €26 from November, up from €18 — an increase of €8. The individual plan is also getting expensive by €2 to €14 in these countries.

In Switzerland, the Family subscription cost is rising to 34 CHF from the current 24 CHF. The individual plan is also getting more expensive at 18 CHF, up by 2 CHF. Similarly, in Sweden, the YouTube Family subscription fee will increase from 179 SEK to 279 SEK. While most of the Reddit reports are from European users, Google is also jacking up YouTube Premium prices in the Middle East, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. YouTube already hiked its subscription prices in India by 15-20% in late August.

Do note that if you pay for YouTube Subscription through the iOS App Store, you might see an even higher price bump from the November billing cycle.

YouTube Premium is getting a big price hike internationally

Your YouTube Premium subscription is about to get more expensive

www.androidpolice.com

 

[Bojji]

 

[SJRB]

I hate Youtube so much.

26 euros per month, are you insane?

 

[Bojji]

I hate Youtube so much.

26 euros per month, are you insane?

They are hungry for some pennies (or penis? ):

 

[LordCBH]

Only a matter of time until they bring this price hike to North America.

#BreakGoogleUp

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Remember. It's not enough that a company is profitable. It has to somehow be more profitable every year for eternity.

 

[AJUMP23]

Google is the worst. They sell ads to make money, and then they make you pay to not sell you ads, then they inundate videos with so many ads you want to pay to not get ads.

 

[Bojji]

Remember. It's not enough that a company is profitable. It has to somehow be more profitable every year for eternity.

Circle of stupidity.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Thats what happens when you control the market. Ill use ad blockers. Google can fuck off and die.

 

[Trogdor1123]

How is Rumble by comparison? I don’t want the political stuff, just interesting ideas. Stuff like the backrooms (or paranormal stuff), science, real estate, and stuff that is insightful on history and the bible are my main stays.

 

[Bojji]

Thats what happens when you control the market. Ill use ad blockers. Google can fuck off and die.

And people say "free market will correct itself", yeah right...

There is fucking monopoly (or duopoly) for every tech giant out there. And governments usually do nothing about it (too much money floating around).

 

[LordCBH]

How is Rumble by comparison? I don’t want the political stuff, just interesting ideas. Stuff like the backrooms (or paranormal stuff), science, real estate, and stuff that is insightful on history and the bible are my main stays.

It’s pretty good. And for mobile they don’t lock background playing behind a stupid premium sub. Seriously, fuck YouTube for that. Fuck google for blocking an OS feature like background playing.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

YouTube premium subscribers on suicide watch.

Spoiler

Come on AdBlockers baby keep working.

 

[joeygreco1985]

This seems like the opposite of what they should be doing? If you want people to stop fucking around with ad blockers and youtube scripts then make Premium cheaper! All they are doing is pushing more people to use blockers

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Good thing I'm not a member.

 

[Skyfox]

Long term premium subscriber here.

I cancelled because I can’t afford this. It’s a pity because I really like YouTube but I guess this was inevitable.

 

[Big Baller]

One of the few services I pay for. I also use it for YT music but this shit has got to stop. The ads are ridiculous

 

[V1LÆM]

Deleted

 

[finalflame]

I gotta say, I did not come in here expecting €26. I pay $13.99/mo in the US? That is some fuckery. But also...YT is where I spend like 90% of my viewing time.

 

[StueyDuck]

People pay for youtube... next you'll tell me people pay for porn

 

[DeepEnigma]

SmartTube.

 

[MMaRsu]

Use Revanced in Android bro's. Free YT premium.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Firefox + ublock origin here

 

[Bojji]

uBlock Origin is free.

Brave is the best on mobile. Plus you watch YouTube on it as well.

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[jshackles]

Android:

GitHub - polymorphicshade/Tubular: A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike.

A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike. - polymorphicshade/Tubular

github.com

Android (Music):

GitHub - z-huang/InnerTune: A Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android

A Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android. Contribute to z-huang/InnerTune development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Android (TV):

GitHub - yuliskov/SmartTube: SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS

SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS - yuliskov/SmartTube

github.com

Browsers:

GitHub - iv-org/invidious: Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube. Contribute to iv-org/invidious development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Everything on your network:

GitHub - AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome: Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server

Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server. Contribute to AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

If you have an iOS device and you're worried about this price hike then... well...

 

[Trilobit]

I'm not buying Premium ever again after they removed the Premium Lite option.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

For fucks sake.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Android:

GitHub - polymorphicshade/Tubular: A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike.

A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike. - polymorphicshade/Tubular

github.com

Android (Music):

GitHub - z-huang/InnerTune: A Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android

A Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android. Contribute to z-huang/InnerTune development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Android (TV):

GitHub - yuliskov/SmartTube: SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS

SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS - yuliskov/SmartTube

github.com

Browsers:

GitHub - iv-org/invidious: Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube. Contribute to iv-org/invidious development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Everything on your network:

GitHub - AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome: Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server

Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server. Contribute to AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

If you have an iOS device and you're worried about this price hike then... well...

 

[Saber]

Would guys please think of the multibillion corporations? How they gonna feed their families?

Seriously though, everytime I see someone using any kind of argument to defend massive abuse of ads from them, I keep thinking Google didn"t make them bitchs enough.

 

[cormack12]

Lovely. I love it when they put their prices up.

Vindicates my choice to not subscribe

 

[//DEVIL//]

ill switch to Ubuntu V1 if I have to and not give these fucks a cent.

keep putting long ass ads and 2 ads back to back. let's see who will win this . Not a fucking cent from me.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

I can live with a couple ads every few minutes on my phone. No ads on my pc though thanks to Brave.

 

[Laptop1991]

What a surprise!, not paying and never will, YT will just keep on doing it over time anyway.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Revanced is also an option on android if you want to sign in

 

[digital_ghost]

People pay for youtube... next you'll tell me people pay for porn

I rented a porn movie from them as a 19 year old. Never returned it.

I never go back as i owe a lot of money in late fees. Lost the rental too. Lol.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

uBlock Origin on laptop/desktop, Revanced on Android phones, I don't know what iCucks use but I'm sure there's something

 

[Dacvak]

I still pay $8/mo from back when I first got Google Music in like 2013 or something. The deal then was that the people who signed up during this early period would “never” have a price increase for the life of their subscription.

Shockingly, Google has not only continued to honor that, but has shifted to YouTube Music/Premium as the service, and I continue to be grandfathered in.

It’s honestly been incredible. I think I’ve seen fewer than like 20 YouTube ads in my life.

 

[PSYGN]

I still pay $8/mo from back when I first got Google Music in like 2013 or something. The deal then was that the people who signed up during this early period would “never” have a price increase for the life of their subscription.

Shockingly, Google has not only continued to honor that, but has shifted to YouTube Music/Premium as the service, and I continue to be grandfathered in.

It’s honestly been incredible. I think I’ve seen fewer than like 20 YouTube ads in my life.

Oof, I work for YouTube. Gonna bring this up, sorry it wasn't our intention to honor this.

 

[Dacvak]

Oof, I work for YouTube. Gonna bring this up, sorry it wasn't our intention to honor this.

 

[ZehDon]

Looks like they plan to continue to increase annually, then.

I used to pay for YouTube premium. Back when, it felt worthwhile at a few bucks a month. Now it costs more or less the same as any other streaming service. Google got greedy, and the only innovation they have left is how to wring more money out of their dwindling paying customers.

I'll continue to use Brave and enjoy ad free YouTube.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

TBH I tried Googling some walkthrough for Like a Dragon business management game:

Youtube: Talks about his channel for 2 minutes, doesn't have chapter breaks, switches to random shots each 10-15 seconds
Written guide: Clear and with good layout, all information is well organized. I can search for something that I want.

YouTube music is shit (as is all the streaming music). Guess the decision to cut on services is turning out to be better than anticipated.

 

[FunkMiller]

Smart Tube is your friend, people.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It’s pretty good. And for mobile they don’t lock background playing behind a stupid premium sub.

And that's me retrying Rumble. It's the only thing I was paying YouTube for!

 

[GymWolf]

People pay for youtube... next you'll tell me people pay for porn

They pay for less than porn, onlyfans exist.

 

[LordCBH]

People pay for youtube... next you'll tell me people pay for porn

Terminally horny weirdos have been paying for ugly thot’s OF for years.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

They pay for less than porn, onlyfans exist.

Wait, you're telling me not every paid onlyfans account features porn?

 

[SaintALia]

I guess this is why they were trying to crackdown so heavily on adblockers earlier this year and past.

 

[winjer]

And then they wonder why people use ad blockers, revanced, freetube, etc...

 

[Paasei]

Aa long as my adblock continues to work, there’s zero need for premium.