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Game Apps for children which need an internet connection to play - any workaround!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1808032" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>I understand your point of view, but this is a foregone assumption for most developers today since that's how 99% of their users are going to use their app. So they will not denote the requirement for the 1% that want to use it differently. This gets frustrating when you want to use said app on an airplane or when you have no coverage.</p><p></p><p>This is largely a non-issue on games that specifically tout multiplayer/online components, but it's harder to discern with other apps. But in general, the assumption should be that the apps will need access to the Internet to get supplemental content, ads and other data.</p><p></p><p>A lot of app developers try to limit the size of the initial download to a reasonable size. But that download gets you the bare application, upon first or future launches, the app will download additional data needed to actually operate and will continue to update that data as they are available. This avoids having apps that are multiple GB in size for the initial download.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1808032, member: 110816"] I understand your point of view, but this is a foregone assumption for most developers today since that's how 99% of their users are going to use their app. So they will not denote the requirement for the 1% that want to use it differently. This gets frustrating when you want to use said app on an airplane or when you have no coverage. This is largely a non-issue on games that specifically tout multiplayer/online components, but it's harder to discern with other apps. But in general, the assumption should be that the apps will need access to the Internet to get supplemental content, ads and other data. A lot of app developers try to limit the size of the initial download to a reasonable size. But that download gets you the bare application, upon first or future launches, the app will download additional data needed to actually operate and will continue to update that data as they are available. This avoids having apps that are multiple GB in size for the initial download. [/QUOTE]
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