YouTube Premium started to serve in Turkey as of July 16, 2019. The service, whose full 3-month trial version is free, also includes Spotify rival YouTube Music. However, there is a price difference of 5 TL in the individual package and 9 TL in the family package between iOS and Android. So how do iOS users get YouTube Premium at Android price?
YouTube Premium started to serve in Turkey as of July 16, 2019. The service, whose full 3-month trial version is free, also includes Spotify rival YouTube Music. However, there is a price difference of 7 TL in the individual package and 9 TL in the family package between iOS and Android. So how do iOS users get YouTube Premium at Android price?
The payment model in paid memberships offered by Apple to application developers causes iOS applications to be priced higher. Its biggest rival, Google, is actually one of the companies that develops for the iOS operating system. As a matter of fact, Google’s operating system Android offers cheaper paid apps with more affordable cuts and payment plans.
What are the advantages of YouTube Premium?
- Ad-free video watching
- Video playback in the background
- YouTube Music subscription
- Ability to download and watch videos without internet
Here are the YouTube Premium price differences on iPhone and Android:
- Individual membership:
- Android: 30 TL
- iPhone or iPad (iOS-iPadOS): 40 TL
- Family plan:
- Android: 60 TL
- iPhone or iPad (iOS-iPadOS): 80 TL
As you can see, if you become a Premium member from the YouTube app on iPhone or iPad, you can get individual subscriptions compared to Android. +10 TLon the family plan where you can add 5 accounts at the same time +20 TL you pay more.
Why is YouTube Premium more expensive on iPhones and iPads?
As we said at the beginning, the reason for these price differences is not Google or YouTube. The paid application standards that Apple regulates for developers are generally iOS apps are more expensive why is this happening. In fact, while some developers offer free applications on Android, they offer the same application to iOS for a fee just because the way of earning has changed.
Google, of course, does not want to make iOS users feel the price difference due to a problem originating from Apple. On the other hand, Android already because it belongs to google can offer services at more affordable prices. Also, Google is making a big coyote for iOS users to buy YouTube Premium for Android price.
Cheaper way to get YouTube Premium for iPhone users:
- Step #1: Download the Google Chrome browser on your iPhone or iPad,
- Step #2: Open youtube.com, log in to your account,
- Step #3: Tap the profile icon from the top left corner, you will see the YouTube Premium option,
- Step #4: If you subscribe to YouTube Premium in this way, instead of paying 40 TL every month, you will pay 30 TL,
- For family membership, you will pay 40 TL instead of 60 TL.
We think that Google is evaluating Apple’s vulnerabilities in order not to alienate iOS users from YouTube Premium. For this reason, it seems impossible to increase the price of the memberships you create as we have explained.
We’ll continue to provide details on YouTube Premium’s features, exclusive content channels you should follow, YouTube Music, and more.