YouTube Premium completely refuses to renew with my Indian Apple ID even though every other subscription works fine
I’ve been using an Indian Apple ID with gift card balance for YouTube Premium for a while and it used to work without issues. Now I’m completely stuck and I can’t get it to renew no matter what I try...
The subscription expired today and shows as Inactive in Apple Settings. My balance is fine, I just successfully paid for Apple Arcade and Proton VPN with the exact same account and balance. But the second I try YouTube Premium everything falls apart.
In the YouTube app I get the classic “We couldn’t verify your country” message. When I try to renew purely through Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions I get “Unable to Complete Purchase” message, then it forces me into a login screen and eventually says it can’t connect.
I’ve already tried pretty much everything. Indian VPN, no VPN, the latest iOS 27 beta, deleting and reinstalling the YouTube app, even using a completely clean iPhone that has never had YouTube installed. I even created a brand new Indian Apple ID and the exact same errors still happen... It really feels like Google is somehow blocking the purchase on their end even when the payment is going through Apple. Other apps charge without any problem, but YouTube Premium just refuses.
Has anyone else run into this exact situation recently? Is the Indian Apple ID method for YouTube Premium basically broken for some accounts now, or is there still a way around it?
Any help would be appreciated :)