this hack gives you 86 percent discount

Do you regularly watch videos on YouTube and are you tired of those commercials? In that case, there is often no other option than to subscribe to YouTube Premium. Unfortunately, that is quite pricey. iPhoned shows how to get YouTube Premium almost for free.

YouTube Premium almost free: 86 percent discount

You can watch unlimited videos on YouTube, but if you don’t have a paid account you often (very often) see commercials these days. With a paid YouTube Premium account, the advertising disappears, but you pay 11.99 euros per month for the subscription. There are cheaper subscriptions, but then you don’t get YouTube Music with it.

That’s a lot of money, but with this hack it’s pretty easy to get a lot cheaper (almost free) YouTube Premium. You do need a VPN and a credit card for that.

Set up VPN for the YouTube hack

With a VPN you can, among other things, adjust your own location. Apps and websites thus make you believe that you are from Great Britain, the United States, Japan or another country. The great thing about this is that with a VPN on YouTube you also get the prices of the country you have set.

For example, YouTube Premium in India costs 139 (about 1.60 euros), which is a considerable discount compared to the European price. Already have a VPN? Then you can skip the next step and use your own VPN. Make sure you set the country to India.

Using TunnelBear as VPN

Tunnelbear is a great solution for anyone who doesn’t have a VPN yet. Tunnelbear is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC. However, it is easiest to do these steps on your Mac or PC.

• Download the software from the TunnelBear website;
• Install the software, create a free account and log in;
• Set the connection by clicking on the yellow pipe at a country, choose ‘India’.

At TunnelBear you get 500 MB free per month to use the VPN. This is more than enough to create the YouTube Premium account at a significant discount.

Buy YouTube Premium with a big discount

After that, go to YouTube’s website and log in with your Google account. Don’t have an account with Google yet? Then you can immediately create one by clicking on ‘Log in’ and following the steps.

Once you have created an account, log in to YouTube. Click on your profile picture and click on ‘Purchases & Memberships’. Then choose ‘More information’ under YouTube Premium. You will then see an overview with the Indian prices. Are all prices in euros? Then try to restart the browser and TunnelBear. Is it still not working? Then you should try again later.

Choose ‘one month of YouTube Premium’ and click on ‘Add a credit card or debit card’. Enter your credit card information and your name. As an address you must enter an existing address in India. Take, for example, the location of a zoo in India or a large shopping center. Using Google, an existing address is fairly easy to find.

Then tap ‘Buy’ to pay for the account. Sometimes you still have to approve the payment in the app of your bank. You can now turn off the TunnelBear VPN and enjoy your almost free YouTube Premium subscription!

YouTube Premium: these are the benefits

YouTube’s subscription service consists of a number of components. Most importantly, you can watch YouTube without advertising. In addition, you also get access to YouTube Music. This music service is an alternative to Spotify and Apple Music. It is similar to other music services: you can listen to all the music of your favorite artists unlimited and ad-free, even in the background.

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