Anyone with any knowledge about this. Considering purchasing YT Premium Family, My wife resides at the same address but travels to other Countries will she still be able to use her premium acct? No commercials etc appreciate your advice or suggestions.

TL;DR: I want to switch to a YouTube Premium Family Plan for my immediate family, but we don’t all live at the same address (they’re in Wisconsin, I’m in Colorado). Wondering how strictly Google enforces the “same household” rule. Can members get kicked off? Can the plan get downgraded or even accounts penalized.

Thinking of upgrading to a YouTube Premium Family Plan, but I’m unsure how strict Google is about the “all members must live at the same address” rule.

In our case, it’s all immediate family—parent, sibling, and me—but we’re split across two states. Three of them live in Wisconsin, I’m in Colorado. We all have active Google accounts and would use Premium regularly, but obviously we’re not under one roof.

I’ve read that Google may verify addresses using account activity, and I’m wondering:

Has anyone here actually had family members kicked off?

Can the plan be forcibly reverted to an individual one?

Has anyone seen more serious consequences, like bans from YouTube Premium or Google accounts being locked or restricted?

I know there are ways to "appear* at the same location online, but I’m more interested in hearing about what Google really enforces in practice vs. what they say in the fine print.

Would appreciate any real-world experience or advice.

Sidebar: It's kind of odd that Google One Premium allows storage sharing across households with family members in different states with no issue (which we do), but YouTube Premium Family locks things down so tightly - feels inconsistent for services under the same umbrella. Curious if there's any rationale.