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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I'm not saying they should, and I don't expect they will be long term.
However, as an experience, opting for WiFi first allows for higher quality streams and better resilience to performance issues.
But trying to add in 3G to the released iOS app and the unreleased Android one, whilst at the same time getting the Android app released, would be introducing un-necessary complication. It's more logical to do what VM have done - get the Android app released to the same level of functionality as iOS and then look to improve both together
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Also, can you imaging the complaints that would have happened if VM had managed to get 3G streaming working on iOS and not for the launch of the Android app (or vice versa)?
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If VM added streaming to ios first, I doubt it would have made much difference. It is not as if there was a short period of time between platform launches. The same number of android users would have complained because, at the time, they still would not have had the app available on Android anyway. VM had plenty of time to test and add 3G via ios first. They could then have worked towards making the android app the same. Imagine the praise VM would have got for launching a TV "anywhere" app with 3G streaming allowed.