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I'm trying to create a Spotify premium account with a VPN from Pakistan but I keep getting the error message "Your payment method and country don't match" when using Revolut to pay. Does anyone know a workaround ? Thanks

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[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Be a proper pirate and use Spotify ReVanced.

https://spotifyrevanced.com

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Are there any advantages compared to xmanager?

For example, a lot of songs don't show me tge lyrics and just say something along the lines of "couldn't load lyrics" which is annoying. If I didn't want lyrics, I'd be listening to the local copies instead!

[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Actually, I use it only occasionally to find new music (trying to teach the algorithm what I like and it is not very precise) and I haven't noticed any issues (s23 with a14). I rather have offline flac library to listen through cable or ldac.

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] ScaredDuck@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Downloading pre-patched ReVanced apks can be unsafe, get the manager and patch them yourself instead

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hi friend. Im wondering if Spotube would work for you. It lets you run Spotify with no ads, so you can just use a free account.

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, but I mainly use it on iOS.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 8 months ago

Funny enough, I was just wishing they had an iOS version, haha. Bummer.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Popular apps like Spotify and Netflix absolutely have a list of known VPN IP addresses. They might not know where you actually are, but they know you're using a VPN.

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

All apps can detect you're on a VPN. VPN IP addresses are public knowledge.

[–] art@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Theres a decent web frontend for YT Music called beatbump that should work in the browser. That might hold you over until you can figure something out.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pakistan is an issue with payment methods, use some other country. Don't have many options

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Any suggestions? I also tried Turkey.

India or Egypt, maybe Argentina or Bangladesh. I'm not too sure since I use xmanager spotify + innertune myself. Good Luck!

[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if they allow this in Pakistan, but can't you use PayPal to pay for Spotify? This support article says you can, alongside gift cards and mobile payments

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Doesn't seem to be available, just credit card or some app that requires a Pakistan phone number.

[–] TurboLag@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago

Here are some alternatives you can try.

[–] RoseRose56@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You can always use apk mod instead of paying, these thing with virtual cards dont always work! I had many people tell me "I did it with vpn and worked" or "I got this from turkey using google play without vpn", I did follow their steps but it didn't work. There was also a guy, who was trying for a month with vpn and virtual card, to get netflix from turkey, every single day, and it worked, but does it worth ?
Generally Its a hit or miss.
edit: apkmody has mod spotify and mobilism.

[–] liforra@endlesstalk.org 1 points 8 months ago

Just use xmanager tho

[–] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Look for xManager at Google 😉😉

Edit: I saw you use iOS, what about jumping to the real darkside of piracy over android?

[–] 520@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bruh, it's a bit much to be buying a whole ass new handset for.

[–] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 months ago

In the short term yeah, in the long term nah.