I've still been doing the odd test here and there. I wanna say I've found a new app that's not mentioned on the video pass that's also covered (technically the same company as one that's covered, was curious if it would work). But I was downloading some xbox updates last night and my data usage has still stayed the same. So until my data usage updates, I can't be sure.
For everyone else, i've been using a usb-c to hdmi cable and watched movies and shows easily enough. Not the best solution, but it works. I've also been thinking, it's gotta be the apps themselves that Vodafone track the usage from, so only the ones from the phone and tablet app store. Stuff like consoles, and other streaming devices will use a different app.
So off the top of my head, you could get an android TV box. Which isn't to be confused with android TV. Android tv(running the android TV OS) will use different apps than the phone and tablet ones. An android TV box (running a phone/tablet OS(7.0 or 7.1)) will use the exact same apps as as a phone/tablet. Which is a load of apps! So these should technically work with ease and should be covered by the passes. I'll see about buying one over the next week or two to try out. But I'm pretty confident it'll work.
Now saying all this, I know and understand why Vodafone are doing this. Same reason as Three when they first done "unlimited data" and then found out everyone was tethering their phones and downloading torrents. They pretty much took up the majority of the bandwidth and slowed 4g down for everyone else. Same with this, if everyone is streaming netflix ect, it'll soon slow down our connections. Not as bad as torrents, but it could be noticeable. Hence the reason it's only on phones and tablets, they will know their isn't many people willing to watch a movie on a small screen when they could watch on a TV.
I'm merely pointing this out, maybe an update in the t&c's or I dunno, something else. But its looking like it's relatively easy to 'get around' this phone and tablet only thing.
I'll keep trying out bits and bobs, I'll get another month of the video pass and see what I can find and keep you guys informed.
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