US EditionYouTube Is Cracking Down on Sharing Premium Family Accounts Outside Your ‘Household’
YouTube now verifies family members' addresses every 30 days to prevent shared Premium benefits outside a single household, following similar measures by Netflix to improve revenue.
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Now YouTube wants to copy Netflix's password sharing crackdown and BLOCK money-saving loophole
If you're sharing a YouTube Premium Family Plan with people who don't live under the same roof as you, this money-saving arrangement could soon come to an end. The video platform has started to enforce its long-standing requirement that all family plan members reside at the same address as the account holder. Also known as the account manager, this person is responsible for setting up and monitoring the subscription service, which costs £19.99 a…
YouTube Starts Enforcing Premium Family Plan Rules with Location Checks
YouTube has started tightening its grip on Premium Family subscriptions, adopting a strategy that mirrors Netflix and Disney+ by targeting accounts spread across multiple locations. YouTube has started warning users who don’t share the same household as their family plan manager. The alerts give them 14 days before premium access is suspended. While flagged accounts […] The post YouTube Starts Enforcing Premium Family Plan Rules with Location Ch…
YouTube Begins Tightening Family Plan Rules
YouTube Premium’s Family plan has always carried a condition that is members must live at the same address as the account manager. For a long time, that line in the terms looked more like fine print than something enforced. Many people simply added friends or relatives who lived elsewhere. Now, that gap between the written rule and everyday practice is closing. First Signs of Change Over the past few weeks, some subscribers have started receivin…
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