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3-Month YouTube Premium Subscription

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Best Buy offers New Subscribers: 3-Month YouTube Premium Subscription for Free.

Thanks to community member MellowNarwhal3611 for finding this deal.

Note, instructions to redeem are emailed after purchase. A BestBuy.com account is required. Download in US only.

Features:
  • Ad-free & background play
    • Watch videos uninterrupted by ads, while using other apps, or when the screen is locked.
  • Downloads
    • Save videos for when you really need them – like when you're on a plane or commuting.
  • YouTube Music Premium
    • Download our new music app and listen without interruptions.

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this offer:
    • YouTube Premium is $11.99 per month if you wish to continue beyond the trial period (you may cancel here at any time).
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional information.

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Best Buy offers New Subscribers: 3-Month YouTube Premium Subscription for Free.

Thanks to community member MellowNarwhal3611 for finding this deal.

Note, instructions to redeem are emailed after purchase. A BestBuy.com account is required. Download in US only.

Features:
  • Ad-free & background play
    • Watch videos uninterrupted by ads, while using other apps, or when the screen is locked.
  • Downloads
    • Save videos for when you really need them – like when you're on a plane or commuting.
  • YouTube Music Premium
    • Download our new music app and listen without interruptions.

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this offer:
    • YouTube Premium is $11.99 per month if you wish to continue beyond the trial period (you may cancel here at any time).
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional information.

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divinebaboon
947 Posts
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Shady slickdeals: If you VPN into India and sign up for youtube premium there, you pay like $2.6 for a family plan or $1.7 for a personal plan. But you have to pay using an american credit card and a made up indian billing address, and a lot of cards don't work.

Here are the rough steps
1. Go buy a free book from the android ebook store [google.com]. This is done to lock your account into the US. If you've downloaded from the android appstore before then this shouldn't be necessary, but do it just to be safe. If you don't do this, you risk locking your account to India. (If you did lock your account to india, follow the steps here to resolve it)

1b. As a safety precaution, go to https://pay.google.com/gp/w/u/0/home/settings and check under the Country/Region section to make sure it says US. If not, try the ebook thing from step 1 again. If that doesn't work, try adding a US credit card in the "Payment Methods" section of that site and see if it sets the Country to US for you. I recommend only proceeding with the following steps if you are able to lock your Country to the US. If your Country is empty then it will get locked to India after the below steps and you will have to use the steps here to resolve it.

1c. If you want to do a family plan and be extra cautious, add all your family plan members right now before you sign up for youtube india premium. The reason being some users are saying they are having trouble adding family plan users after they do the following steps and try my troubleshooting guide. So the best way to circumvent those issues is to just add the users to your family first. You can add users to your family here [google.com]

2. Get a VPN. I tried Nord but a lot of their indian servers were in saudi arabia, only server 63 and 75 work properly. But tunnel bear worked for me and is free.

3. VPN into india, open youtube, make sure the upper left logo has "IN" next to it. You could also try Argentina for a cheaper price, the steps are largely the same.

4. Click on your avatar in the upper right corner, make sure it says "location: india", then click "purchase and memberships"

5. Click "youtube premium" on the left.

6. Click on the "2 months free" button for the personal plan, or click on "family or student plan" for the family plan.

7. Make sure you pick the subscription option instead of the prepaid option if you picked personal plan. We can't do prepaid with this method.

8. Here's the hard part, put in your american credit card with a random indian address. I used a fast food joint in mumbai. Datapoints suggest that Some chase cards, amex cards, BOA cards, and US bank cards work. If they don't work, use your paypal to generate a paypal key and use that. If paypal key doesn't work, try signing up on your android phone, I hear you don't have to put in the street address on there. Remember to use a card that has 0 foreign transaction fees. If you pay annual fee on your credit card, then there's a high chance they charge 0 foreign transaction fee.

9. Turn off the VPN and enjoy.

PS: Your youtube music front page might have a lot of indian musicians on there, but it should not impact the youtube video site.
PSS: If you are going to add friends/family to your family plan, make sure their accounts are US also. You can do that via the free ebook method in step 1. If their account is from another country, you can't add them.

Proof of my monthly family plan:
https://i.imgur.com/JDHPfZv.png
ClaytonM3247
294 Posts
204 Reputation
Be warned: once you start using Youtube without ads, you'll NEVER want to go back
pony
2782 Posts
1256 Reputation
It is a modified YouTube app with the "paid customer" features permanently enabled. It updates automatically just like YouTube and it does not require root.

It is YOUTUBE ADVANCED... But without the "Ad"... So it is just " YouTube Vanced".

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Mar 5, 2021
528 Posts
Joined Sep 2007
Mar 5, 2021
sprogis
Mar 5, 2021
528 Posts
Will the code work if I use it with a new account under an email address different from the email address for my BestBuy account?
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Mar 5, 2021
146 Posts
Joined Jan 2013
Mar 5, 2021
JamesW6391
Mar 5, 2021
146 Posts
Just turned off my YouTube auto-renew. Going to try and apply this once my current month expires, and if that doesn't work then I guess I'll use it on an alternate account.

Do these have expiration dates?
Mar 5, 2021
2,272 Posts
Joined Nov 2006
Mar 5, 2021
ozmotes
Mar 5, 2021
2,272 Posts
Quote from ClaytonM3247 :
Be warned: once you start using Youtube without ads, you'll NEVER want to go back
I wish I could pay for an Internet Subscription with ad-free experience lol

then again, I prob couldn't afford it
Mar 5, 2021
583 Posts
Joined Nov 2012
Mar 5, 2021
Monkey.
Mar 5, 2021
583 Posts
What is YouTube Vanced? Keep seeing it mentioned but can't find much info on it. Thanks guys as always!
Mar 5, 2021
46 Posts
Joined Nov 2019
Mar 5, 2021
abemurica
Mar 5, 2021
46 Posts
Quote from 4ndrogenic :
3 adblockers make an ad-free YT: Adblock, Adblock Plus, and Adguard. It's likely overkill, but all three let very little through.
Ublock alone is enough.
Mar 5, 2021
146 Posts
Joined Jan 2013
Mar 5, 2021
JamesW6391
Mar 5, 2021
146 Posts
Quote from abemurica :
Ublock alone is enough.
Yeah, but that only works on a computer and doesn't allow you to download videos for offline use or use YouTube music.
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Mar 5, 2021
459 Posts
Joined Jul 2015
Mar 5, 2021
rammgasm
Mar 5, 2021
459 Posts
Quote from zdrunkenmonkeyz :
What is YouTube Vanced? Keep seeing it mentioned but can't find much info on it. Thanks guys as always!
It's an android app that's not available in google store and could be downloaded for free from the web. I'm using it for few months now without signing in with my google account. I just set it up as my default youtube playing app. So each time I click on my subscription videos on my chrome browser where I'm signed in, it automatically takes me to YouTube vanced app

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Mar 5, 2021
45 Posts
Joined Jul 2015
Mar 5, 2021
JB184351
Mar 5, 2021
45 Posts
It says I would only get one month if I redeem, anything I'm doing wrong here?
Mar 5, 2021
32 Posts
Joined Jan 2018
Mar 5, 2021
gerard2020
Mar 5, 2021
32 Posts
I cancel my youtube premium subscription (I have it for years at $14.99 a month) and got the promotion at $11.99 a month. No free months, but at least $3 each month saved.
Mar 5, 2021
958 Posts
Joined Jan 2011
Mar 5, 2021
RoarOfZonda
Mar 5, 2021
958 Posts
You IOS peasants really need to get an Android for YouTube Vanced alone
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Mar 5, 2021
113 Posts
Joined May 2015
Mar 5, 2021
frankcab3
Mar 5, 2021
113 Posts
Quote from divinebaboon :
Shady slickdeals: If you VPN into India and sign up for youtube premium there, you pay like $2.6 for a family plan or $1.7 for a personal plan. But you have to pay using an american credit card and a made up indian billing address, and a lot of cards don't work.

Here are the rough steps
1. Go buy a free book from the android ebook store [google.com]. This is done to lock your account into the US. If you've downloaded from the android appstore before then this shouldn't be necessary, but do it just to be safe. If you don't do this, you risk locking your account to India.

2. Get a VPN. I tried Nord but a lot of their indian servers were in saudi arabia. But tunnel bear worked for me and is free.

3. VPN into india, open youtube, make sure the upper left logo has "IN" next to it.

4. Click on your avatar in the upper right corner, make sure it says "location: india", then click "purchase and memberships"

5. Click "youtube premium" on the left.

6. Click on the "2 months free" button for the personal plan, or click on "family or student plan" for the family plan.

7. Make sure you pick the subscription option instead of the prepaid option if you picked personal plan. We can't do prepaid with this method.

8. Here's the hard part, put in your american credit card with a random indian address. I used a fast food joint in mumbai. Datapoints suggest that Some chase cards, amex cards, BOA cards, and US bank cards work. If they don't work, use your paypal to generate a paypal key and use that. If paypal key doesn't work, try signing up on your android phone, I hear you don't have to put in the street address on there.

9. Turn off the VPN and enjoy.

PS: Your youtube music front page might have a lot of indian musicians on there, but it should not impact the youtube video site.
PSS: If you are going to add friends/family to your family plan, make sure their accounts are US also. You can do that via the free ebook method in step 1. If their account is from another country, you can't add them.

Proof of my monthly family plan:
https://i.imgur.com/JDHPfZv.png
Interesting. My method of payment will continue to be charged monthly at the India rate and I will not have to actively use a VPN when watching or listening, only to make the initial purchase?
Mar 5, 2021
3,159 Posts
Joined Jul 2014
Mar 5, 2021
wnat35
Mar 5, 2021
3,159 Posts
If you use Brave on Android, you can skip ads and audio will keep playing while the screen is off.
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Mar 5, 2021
3,846 Posts
Joined Nov 2005
Mar 5, 2021
FierceDeityLink
Mar 5, 2021
3,846 Posts
Quote from revlisoft :
Can I set this up on shieldtv some how?
Quote from sunnny45678 :
Is there an option to watch ad free youtube on smart tv, using firesticksticktv.
Quote from Audiomancer :
For everyone saying to just use an ad-blocker, is there a way to do that on the Fire TV YouTube app? Earnest question. I pay for Premium (and find it absolutely worth it), but I'd be tempted to cancel if I could block ads on the smart TV.
SmartTubeNext. It even supports SponsorBlock which will automatically skip the unnecessary parts of videos (in-video sponsored segments, non-music parts of music videos, like/subscribe reminders, and intro/credits).
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext

Quote from zdrunkenmonkeyz :
What is YouTube Vanced? Keep seeing it mentioned but can't find much info on it. Thanks guys as always!
https://vancedapp.com/
Mar 5, 2021
6,188 Posts
Joined May 2009
Mar 5, 2021
SkyKing02
Mar 5, 2021
6,188 Posts
Quote from FierceDeityLink :
SmartTubeNext. It even supports SponsorBlock which will automatically skip the unnecessary parts of videos (in-video sponsored segments, non-music parts of music videos, like/subscribe reminders, and intro/credits).
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext


https://vancedapp.com/
That's for Android right? Not iOS?

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Mar 5, 2021
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Mar 5, 2021
RichO13
Mar 5, 2021
81 Posts
Quote from HelloClemFandango :
I go back all the time. #NeverPaying.
You pay with your time
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