YouTube’s Family Plan is probably the cheapest way to get the Premium subscription, especially when the cost is split among members. And this is why many social groups take advantage of this to pay far less than the individual plan. However, in a recent crackdown, YouTube has started to flag Premium family accounts where members don’t share the same household .
YouTube will now flag Premium family accounts that don’t share the same household
Ever since the YouTube Premium family plan was made live, the company has always emphasized that the plan is only meant for families that live in the same household. The target behind this plan was to reduce the burden on the family head. However, Google never actually did anything to enforce the rules.
And because of no restriction being in place, many friend groups started subscribing to the Premium family plan to save some money. For example, the individual Premium plan costs $13.99/month, whereas the family plan costs $22.99/month and allows up to five members. This brings down the cost per person to just $4.5/month. That’s a saving of more than 65%.
No more Premium family plan if the members do not share the same residential address
As reported by Android Police , YouTube has started to flag Premium family accounts with different residential addresses. Such accounts have started receiving e-mails with the title “Your YouTube Premium family membership will be paused .”
In the main content of the e-mail, it has been mentioned that “ Your YouTube Premium family membership requires all members to be in the same household as the family manager. It appears you may not be in the same household as your family manager . And your membership will be paused in 14 days. Once your access is paused, you will remain in your family group and be able to watch YouTube with ads, but will no longer have YouTube Premium benefits .”
The crackdown is still happening in limited regions and on limited accounts. Users who are affected by this have the option to contact support and verify their eligibility.
