YouTube is now taking legal action against VPNs in addition to its already reported target of ad blockers.
The target is specifically referring to those who use VPNs to mask their location to obtain a lower-cost YouTube Premium membership.
It turns out that a good number of individuals have observed that the monthly cost of YouTube Premium differs significantly between nations, with some having far less expensive access to the service than others.
They then register in the countries where it is less expensive to use VPNs to appear to be in those countries.
Newsng gathered that a lot of YouTube viewers have resorted to VPNs to benefit from cheaper subscription prices offered in other nations.
For instance, in the US, YouTube Premium costs $13.99 a month, yet in Argentina, it only costs $1.05 (869 ARS) per month.
Customers can sign up for a less expensive subscription if they use a VPN to alter their location. Nevertheless, YouTube is currently taking action against this action.
A representative for YouTube, Paul Pennington, claimed in a statement that the firm has “systems in place” to track down its customers’ locations.
“In instances where the signup country does not match where the user is accessing YouTube, we’re asking members to update their billing information to their current country of residence,” Pennington says.
It’s interesting to note that many Reddit users have recently complained about YouTube abruptly cancelling their Premium accounts.
Since all of them were utilizing the VPN method previously mentioned, it was presumed that this was the cause.
Although it makes some sense that it might, YouTube has not stated whether it has cancelled those subscriptions as a result of users pretending to be where they are.
We earlier reported that YouTube is experimenting with a new feature similar to an X (previously Twitter) function.
