YouTube Cracks Down on Premium Family Plans Used at Different Addresses – CNET

Your YouTube Premium or Music family plan could be paused if all users aren’t watching from the same home. Sharing a YouTube Premium or YouTube Music family plan with people who don’t live at your address could soon cost you the perks you’re used to. Several users have reported receiving warnings that their accounts will be paused within 15 days if they don’t comply with YouTube’s rules on family plans. The policy isn’t new. YouTube required family plan members to share the same household in 2023 but it looks like enforcement is stepping up. If you lose Premium, you can still stream videos and listen to music with ads but you’ll have to deal with ads and fewer features, which is a big downgrade for most people. If you’re currently splitting an account across multiple locations, now’s the time to check the fine print. YouTube is making it clear: Premium is for households only and ignoring that rule could mean losing the ad-free experience entirely. Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source on Chrome. A YouTube spokesperson told CNET, “Our family plan policy hasn’t changed and we are continuously enforcing it. You can
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