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App updates are not restricted to 150mb anymore....
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I just noticed now that yes, you can now downlod above 150MB of app
Yes and no. Yes if you have set a limit on the Play Store settings, and no if you don’t. You can even download GB of games.
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I tried the same thing (with the exact same app update) and got told to connect to wifi...
Perhaps this is a carrier-imposed or controlled restriction, but if that’s the case I can’t even begin to fathom why, so I suspect it is Apple. Quite frankly it’s ridiculous.
I have 50 GB of mobile data available and can blow through it all on 1080p television or movies in no time if I want, but they won’t let me download a piddly little 150 MB app or app update! Worse still is when you can’t download an iOS update no matter how small it is!
It’s 2019 already, I wish they’d just get with the picture! Data is data; or is Apple pro data-discrimination?
It’s things like this that add up and make me question whether iOS is the right platform for me moving forward. Hasn’t the 150 MB limit been there forever; since the very beginning maybe? Like what the AF Apple!
This defence makes no sense. There are no limits (and possibly not even any warnings) if I want to download or stream a 6 GB movie I bought or rented from iTunes. Further, there are many ways to obfuscate the option to unhinge the cap for data-rich users that still protect the stupid. Make it a setting hidden or buried deep within Settings (near auto-update) or require double or triple confirmation!
Apple hides behind reams of T&Cs all the time and allows you to proceed when you clearly haven’t read them. I don’t buy the “they’re protecting the masses” argument one bit.
150 MB in 2019 is archaic. At least make it 500 MB or 1 GB, with the option of no limit whatsoever!
I have 50 GB of mobile data available and can blow through it all on 1080p television or movies in no time if I want, but they won’t let me download a piddly little 150 MB app or app update! Worse still is when you can’t download an iOS update no matter how small it is!
It’s 2019 already, I wish they’d just get with the picture! Data is data; or is Apple pro data-discrimination?
It’s things like this that add up and make me question whether iOS is the right platform for me moving forward. Hasn’t the 150 MB limit been there forever; since the very beginning maybe? Like what the AF Apple!
This defence makes no sense. There are no limits (and possibly not even any warnings) if I want to download or stream a 6 GB movie I bought or rented from iTunes. Further, there are many ways to obfuscate the option to unhinge the cap for data-rich users that still protect the stupid. Make it a setting hidden or buried deep within Settings (near auto-update) or require double or triple confirmation!
Apple hides behind reams of T&Cs all the time and allows you to proceed when you clearly haven’t read them. I don’t buy the “they’re protecting the masses” argument one bit.
150 MB in 2019 is archaic. At least make it 500 MB or 1 GB, with the option of no limit whatsoever!
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A post-script to my rant above:
I found an unofficial workaround, so I’m pleased with that. But I’ll still leave my rant in place because a “hack” should clearly not be necessary.
I don’t want to describe or draw attention to the method for fear that Apple will block it, but it should be easy enough to find online and it still works as of the date of this post.
There are so many reasons why someone might be without access to Wi-Fi, be it for short periods or an extended time. I really can’t fathom such a low limit on apps and apps only in this day and age.
I found an unofficial workaround, so I’m pleased with that. But I’ll still leave my rant in place because a “hack” should clearly not be necessary.
I don’t want to describe or draw attention to the method for fear that Apple will block it, but it should be easy enough to find online and it still works as of the date of this post.
There are so many reasons why someone might be without access to Wi-Fi, be it for short periods or an extended time. I really can’t fathom such a low limit on apps and apps only in this day and age.
The limit has been there since the beginning basically, but it increases a few times over the years.Perhaps this is a carrier-imposed or controlled restriction, but if that’s the case I can’t even begin to fathom why, so I suspect it is Apple. Quite frankly it’s ridiculous.
I have 50 GB of mobile data available and can blow through it all on 1080p television or movies in no time if I want, but they won’t let me download a piddly little 150 MB app or app update!
It’s 2019 already, I wish they’d just get with the picture! Data is data; or is Apple pro data-discrimination?
It’s things like this that add up and make me question whether iOS is the right platform for me moving forward. Hasn’t the 150 MB limit been there forever; since the very beginning maybe? Like what the AF Apple!
This defence makes no sense. There are no limits (and possibly not even any warnings) if I want to download or stream a 6 GB movie I bought or rented from iTunes. Further, there are many ways to obfuscate the option to unhinge the cap for data-rich users that still protect the stupid. Make it a setting hidden or buried deep within Settings, or require double or triple confirmation!
Apple hides behind reams of T&Cs all the time and allows you to proceed when you clearly haven’t read them. I don’t buy the “they’re protecting the masses” argument one bit.
150 MB in 2019 is archaic. At least make it 500 MB or 1 GB with the option of no limit whatsoever!
Yep, it went from 100 to 150 MB at a certain point apparently. Glad I found the workaround.
It’s basically in the top results if you search for the problem at my search engine if choice; DuckDuckGo. Be sure to read the comments in the link at iDownloadBlog however because there’s a minor tweak to the method described, as though Apple deliberately made it slightly more difficult but didn’t go so far as to block it.
