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TL;DR
- Early adopters of YouTube Music Premium are being notified that they’ll quickly should pay the identical worth as everybody else.
- Google is giving these clients a grace interval of “at the least 3 extra months” earlier than the modifications go into impact.
- It’s unclear if early adopters within the US are additionally getting the notification.
Had been you one of many first folks to leap on YouTube’s “Music Key” streaming subscription again in 2014? If you happen to had been, then you definitely’ve most likely been having fun with YouTube Music Premium at a reduction. Sadly, that low cost is about to come back to an finish within the subsequent few months.
First noticed by 9to5Google, customers are reporting that they’ve obtained a brand new notification from YouTube Music. The notification warns that early adopters of Premium in Europe will quickly should pay extra for his or her subscription. In keeping with the notification, these customers must begin paying €10.99 a month, bringing the worth in step with what everybody else pays for the service.
Again when YouTube launched the Music Key beta, subscribers had been charged $7.99, with worldwide costs being comparable. Google allowed these subscribers to remain on the identical fee after it left the beta interval and likewise when YouTube Music relaunched in 2018. The pricing has stayed the identical, however that gained’t be the case anymore it seems.
On the very least, Google isn’t imposing the worth enhance instantly. The observe mentions that these members can have “at the least 3 extra months” earlier than the worth is raised. It additionally states that you simply gained’t see the change in your billing earlier than March.
In the mean time, it’s unclear if anybody within the US has obtained certainly one of these notifications. We now have reached out to Google for clarification.