It appears that Apple have taken an asinine step of requiring that downloads that have expired need to be redownloaded in full to be revalidated. This is a world away from how the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime do it in that they are able to revalidate the download for offline viewing with a quick token reauthorisation.
Imagine getting on a plane for a few hours and seeing that a bunch of videos that you wanted to watch have expired. No chance of re-download on airline WiFi. It’s a bit ridiculous.
For the special ones, yes, I know that I should have checked in advance, but that doesn’t take away from this major UX failure on Apple’s part and is a huge departure from their “simple and intuitive message”.
Do we know why they do this and if this may change at some point in the future?
Imagine getting on a plane for a few hours and seeing that a bunch of videos that you wanted to watch have expired. No chance of re-download on airline WiFi. It’s a bit ridiculous.
For the special ones, yes, I know that I should have checked in advance, but that doesn’t take away from this major UX failure on Apple’s part and is a huge departure from their “simple and intuitive message”.
Do we know why they do this and if this may change at some point in the future?