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Can one take advantage of lower subscription fees when residing abroad? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] -1 points 10 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 10 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] 2 points 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Haha, that describes me exactly.