YouTube Premium is getting more expensive in the world. Does it also apply to Slovakia?

Service YouTube raised the price of its subscription in July last year in the US Premium and in November also in other selected countries. Now according to the portal AndroidPolice is becoming even more expensive in the global market. Does it also apply to Slovakia?

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The price increase is drastic

The countries affected by the price increase include, for example Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands and more. Users in these areas have seen a significant increase in their monthly fees in the range 30 to 50%. To make matters worse for many, prices in some of these countries had already risen a few months ago.

V Ireland, Belgium, Holland and Italy for example, the Premium family tariff will increase from November from 18 euros to 26 euroswhich represents an increase of 8 euros. Individual subscriptions are more expensive in these countries by 2 to 14 euros. Danish users even pointed out that the new YouTube Premium price will be more expensive than paying for Amazon Prime, Netflix and HBO combined.

In the neighboring one of the Czech Republic the price for an individual jumped from 179 CZK per month to 209 CZK. The official website of the service states that the price for families is currently set at 389 CZK per month, and the price for students is now 129 CZK. The biggest price increase is in the case of the family subscription, because its original price was 269 CZK.

Slovakia has so far avoided price increases

If you are wondering whether the price increase will also apply to Slovakia, at least at the moment it looks like it will not. The official website of the service for the Slovak market continues to list prices 7,19 eur for individual subscriptions and 10,99 eur for a family subscription. In the case of students, it is still the case 4,19 eur monthly. The annual subscription is still not available in Slovakia.

Googlewhich owns YouTubehe already explained the reason for the increase prices in most world markets. The company says the increase is necessary to support content creators and improve the service overall. But many subscribers say the new price is too high, especially compared to other streaming services.

The service should start charging new prices after 31 Octoberi. The main benefit of a YouTube Premium subscription is to get rid of it completely Advertisements in web and mobile versions. The user also has available offline mode for watching videos, children’s channel YouTube Kids and probably the most interesting benefit – the music service YouTube Music in the paid Premium version.