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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
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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
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Be warned: once you start using Youtube without ads, you'll NEVER want to go back
pony
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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
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SlammedNiss
Mar 5, 2021
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Quote from Slacky :
I'll pay with a Citibank virtual card with a dollar on it. Ought to do the trick of stopping it.
Does Citi still offer virtual cards? I got a BofA card a few years back because they offered it, but then they dropped it about a year or so ago so I cancelled the card. When they asked why I cancelled, I told them the lack of virtual card was the reason.
Mar 5, 2021
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Slacky
Mar 5, 2021
1,293 Posts
Quote from SlammedNiss :
Does Citi still offer virtual cards? I got a BofA card a few years back because they offered it, but then they dropped it about a year or so ago so I cancelled the card. When they asked why I cancelled, I told them the lack of virtual card was the reason.
I made my last sets late last year with Citibank, worked fine then. They use a Flash technology to create them and AFAIK Flash has finally been killed so I've been wondering if they upgraded the program. Virtual Cards was the only reason I gave Sh1ttybank my business, if they drop them I'll be much less of a fan.

Have heard BofA had them too, unless that did change. Seems MasterCard only, at least for Citibank.
Mar 5, 2021
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Mar 5, 2021
shortyman24
Mar 5, 2021
1,809 Posts
Free no ads for youtube

Android Phone / Android Tablet : Youtube Vance apk (even has YT Music Vanced) found at vancedapp(dot)com Other Alternative is NewPipe apk

Android TV OS / Amazon Firesticks : SmartTubeNext apk (older version was called SmartYouTubeTV)

Roku/samsung tv/ other smart tvs os : Nope sorry, Get Android TV OS Stick/dongle or firestick

IOS: Requires jailbreak

Desktop Web Browsers: Ublock Origin addon /extension (firefox, chrome, edge, Opera)
Last edited by shortyman24 March 5, 2021 at 12:38 AM.
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Mar 5, 2021
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Mar 5, 2021
mmmmkay
Mar 5, 2021
20 Posts
People actually want this service?
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Mar 5, 2021
67 Posts
Joined Feb 2011
Mar 5, 2021
Ativaa
Mar 5, 2021
67 Posts
Musi is somewhat an alternative option of YouTube premium for iOS devices. No comments and No downloads though... Cost like 2 bucks for life. Background playback enabled!
Last edited by Ativaa March 5, 2021 at 12:24 AM.
Mar 5, 2021
715 Posts
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Mar 5, 2021
ChaChing23
Mar 5, 2021
715 Posts
Quote from sdxm :
Unblock Origin on Firefox does the job for me.
The correct name is uBlock Origin.
Mar 5, 2021
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SammieSocal25
Mar 5, 2021
6,759 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.
But could you turn your screen off and still play YouTube music?

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Mar 5, 2021
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SammieSocal25
Mar 5, 2021
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Quote from shortyman24 :
Free no ads for youtube

Android Phone / Android Tablet : Youtube Vance apk (even has YT Music Vanced) found at vancedapp(dot)com

Android TV OS / Amazon Firesticks : SmartTubeNext apk (older version was called SmartYouTubeTV)

Roku/samsung tv/ other smart tvs os : Nope sorry, Get Android TV OS Stick/dongle or firestick

IOS: Requires jailbreak

Desktop Web Browsers: Ublock Origin addon /extension (firefox, chrome, edge, Opera)
Wouldn't you be suspect of the apk file in regards to malware?
Mar 5, 2021
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SammieSocal25
Mar 5, 2021
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Quote from RadChad :
I can get you 2 years of YT Premium for $50-$60. Just saying. Hit me up.
Any deals for YouTube TV though?
Mar 5, 2021
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Mar 5, 2021
NearlyFriend
Mar 5, 2021
31 Posts
Quote from someoneslick :
my blocker works on yt, but ordered, anyway. Although I got confused and thought this was for the premium content not available without it, ie original content, didn't realize it was just mostly to take ads out. I assume the downloads are also protected where you can't just use them wherever forever?
What blocker do you use?
Mar 5, 2021
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shortyman24
Mar 5, 2021
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank shortyman24

Quote from LotusCloudLex :
Wouldn't you be suspect of the apk file in regards to malware?
Youtube vanced is trustworthy been using it for years. microG is an open source implementation of Google Play Services. YouTube Vanced is a modded version of the official YouTube app and is therefore not open source. Vanced is generally considered to be trustworthy though.

You don't have to login to use app.

Other alternative for android is NewPipe with is open sourced.
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Mar 5, 2021
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verdi1987
Mar 5, 2021
799 Posts
Quote from Slacky :
I made my last sets late last year with Citibank, worked fine then. They use a Flash technology to create them and AFAIK Flash has finally been killed so I've been wondering if they upgraded the program. Virtual Cards was the only reason I gave Sh1ttybank my business, if they drop them I'll be much less of a fan.

Have heard BofA had them too, unless that did change. Seems MasterCard only, at least for Citibank.
Citi did VANs for Visa and MC when I had them years ago. BofA discontinued them.
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Mar 5, 2021
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Nytron
Mar 5, 2021
2,250 Posts
Quote from NearlyFriend :
What blocker do you use?
For web browsers, the best adblocker by far is uBlock Origin:
https://chrome.google.com/webstor...iagm?hl=en

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/...ck-origin/
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Nytron
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double post due to site bug, delete
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NearlyFriend
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Quote from LotusCloudLex :
Wouldn't you be suspect of the apk file in regards to malware?
In general yes. But there are crack/ hack groups that are relatively trustworthy as long as you get them from their verified sources. The principal that makes them safe is that if their user base is big enough it can be assumed that if they where up to no good someone in the community would have discovered as much and it would be public knowledge.
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