If you're sharing an ad-free YouTube Premium or YouTube Music account with friends or family who live outside of your home, you could lose your premium privileges. Customers who lose these can still stream on YouTube or listen to music with ads -- but let's be real, it's not the same.

Multiple reports have shown that people who have the service have been receiving notices that their premium service will be paused for 15 days due to violating a policy that's been in place since 2023.

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A YouTube spokesperson told CNET, "Our family plan policy hasn't changed and we are continuously enforcing it. You can learn more about the YouTube family plan here ."

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