I was trying to change my primary YouTube/Google account while still holding onto my Movies & TV purchases.
- You can’t change the email address associated with your YouTube account or Google Play Movies & TV purchases.
- You can’t transfer your purchases to a new Google account.
- There is a way to create a Google Play family account, but it’s so buried and un-obvious that it takes search engine research to accidentally discover that this is an option.
- Once you create your family account, apparently some purchases can’t be shared due to how they were paid for years ago.
- When you try to share many stated-as-“eligible” purchases with the family by using the toggle, it errors, and a refresh shows that it never shared. I used Firefox, Edge, no VPN, and no adblocker. Tons of attempts. Nothing. No fix.
- Google has no proper support channel.
- If you try to remove the family account and host it under the Google account that owns all the purchases in hopes that they will now work, you will discover that none of the accounts can join a family plan again for 12 fucking months.
Lesson: Don’t ever buy your shit through Google Play. Put your pirate hat on.
Stay away from google play if you can - forget buying from them. From logging you in without consent to requiring credit card for unlocking geo-locked app, Google play is a very scummy, anti-privacy malware.
I will probably get hate for this but this is why I only use iPhones now I buy movies and shows through Apple but have never been limited like this before now can you share them with other users I have no idea never looked into it. I would assume not. EDIT: I looked it up yes you can family share all movies and shows purchases though Apple.
just pirate stuff its so much easier:
- you download stuff
- its in your storage
- no accounts & bullshit
Add VLC and set up a media server and it’s just as convenient as streaming for at home use.
They’re not letting me watch tv shows I paid for. I’m from the UK and I have a huge catalogue. I bought some new shows and movies and they blocked them. Said some BS about region. Said they understand and they can’t/won’t do nothing.
Let’s not forget all the 4K movies I bought only play in 480. Yey.
You seem to have missed the real lesson. Google is not a good company. They will screw you if they can. Avoid them when possible.