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For instance, YouTube Premium charges 12€ in my home country. However, where I’m staying now they would charge less than 3€.

So, if I would like to take advantage of this, I assume I’d need to create a new Google/YT account, which would mean I’d lose all subs, playlists etc that I’ve created?

Or am I missing something here?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You'd probably need a billing address and credit card from the country you are trying to register in. You can probably just pick whatever (valid) address you want, but getting a credit card would be hard, and billing addresses not matching the address registered with the bank tends to trip fraud detection systems

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I do have a local debit card actually, which I already use for YT prem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Potentially could use visa gift cards?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Don't know about Google specifically, but lots of places don't accept them, especially for subscriptions

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Yes you can via a VPN and an “address” in that country. I wouldn’t recommend doing this with your primary google accounts though since you are working their system some they might retort in some way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

We're doing the right now!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You can cancel your subscription and start a new one locally at the cheaper rate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a reddit thread on how to do that with Pokémon go, basically make a new Google account with a Turkish address and add your credit card to that then use the web playstore to download an app with that account to your phone, then sign in with your normal account but now purchases are at the Turkish value

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I don't know if that loophole works anymore, though. Google now requires a Turkish card to be added to your account in order to process payments from "Turkey".

Source: tried to make a Google Play account for Turkey about a year ago to YouTube Premium. I registered at a Turkish address and VPN'd to a Turkish server, but was unable to proceed since Google did not accept my payment information.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You can change your Google account country, but I think you are limited to once a year or something like that and proof is needed.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What does 'residing abroad' mean? In sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, how can you reside in a country you're not in, right? Perhaps you legally reside in a country you're not physically in? Or you moved such that you established residency in a new country? Or do you have no legal residency?

In the first case, I would guess you're not permitted to move accounts, because your country of residence hasn't changed. It depends on the terms of service though.

In the second case, surely -- you reside in a country that has lower fees, like any other resident there.

In the last case, I really don't know! I've been there for a few months while waiting for paperwork. I left my accounts as-is to avoid problems.

e.g. I immigrated to Vietnam and moved my Steam account. I kept all purchases and all history. I provided my new address, and get the regional lower fees. Same with Netflix.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What does 'residing abroad' mean? In sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, how can you reside in a country you're not in, right?

This sounds very facetious. It's obvious they mean they moved from their home country and are residing abroad, relative to their home country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks for pointing that out -- I was worried it would sound that way. I'll frame the question better next time.

Where I live, there are a lot of people that describe themselves as "residing abroad", which represent quite a weird mix of very different situations at all imaginable levels of legality. Sometimes I forget this is more straightforward elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can have citizenship in one country and residency in another. Quite common

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Haha, that describes me exactly.