Buyer beware!!
We had a wonderful 6 months using Leap to watch our favorite U.S. apps through AppleTV while living in China (since the app has strong Chinese connections we did not feel safe using it for anything other than streaming). And when the Olympics started we LEAPT deep into all the coverage on Peacock… for four days. THEN THE APP STOPPED WORKING.
I reached out to support (all in Chinese, good luck if you can’t read/write Chinese) and they very quickly told me they were blocking my account for excessive data usage. This surprised me as 1) I doubt I was the only one watching more tv than usual since the Olympics were on; and 2) I specifically subscribed to the app on my AppleTV in order to watch overseas TV and there was no mention of limiting how much TV I could watch.
When it worked it was fine, but be aware that there is an unspoken limit to what Leap will let you do. Be prepared for the possibility of being dropped with no warning.
I reached out to support (all in Chinese, good luck if you can’t read/write Chinese) and they very quickly told me they were blocking my account for excessive data usage. This surprised me as 1) I doubt I was the only one watching more tv than usual since the Olympics were on; and 2) I specifically subscribed to the app on my AppleTV in order to watch overseas TV and there was no mention of limiting how much TV I could watch.
When it worked it was fine, but be aware that there is an unspoken limit to what Leap will let you do. Be prepared for the possibility of being dropped with no warning.
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