YouTube Premium recently increased its price by up to 44%. The increase It has already become effective in Europe and the rest of Europe, which they had already applied in other countries. But some lucky users still received a special discount that allowed them to pay much less for YouTube Premium.
They appreciated, because, this special discount is no longer available for users who received the benefit. If you signed up for YouTube Premium almost a decade ago and were still getting a special price, we have some bad news: You’ll soon have to pay more for the service, the same amount that all subscribers pay.
Goodbye to the special discount for YouTube Music users. Now everyone pays the same
Although YouTube Premium is a service that has been around for a decade, before this platform there was YouTube Red and Google Music Key. Users who registered at that time received a special discount. It was an advantage for the first users of the platform, that is, for users who registered during its first days.
Last December, YouTube announced to beneficiaries of this reduction in the United States that their benefit would end. It is now the turn of users from Europe and Latin America say goodbye to this special discount. All YouTube Premium subscribers will have to pay the same. Recipients of this discount receive an end-of-promotion notification email, which they posted on Reddit and states the following:
“Thank you for your loyalty all this time. […] To continue providing you with excellent service, we will increase the price of your Music Premium subscription to 10.99 dollars per month. “We don’t make these decisions lightly, but this change allows us to continue to improve the service and support the artists you love.”
YouTube informs that this YouTube Premium and YouTube Music price update will be applied to old and new users in the following countries: Europe, Portugal, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Romania and Turkey, among others, according to YouTube’s statements to Verge.
The company also informed, in the same email addressed to the affected users, that the change in the subscription price It will be effective after the next three monthswhich means users will benefit from special discounted rates for the next three monthly billing cycles; Then they will have to pay a higher price.
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