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the developer is about to have a MASSIVE hosting bill

the download restarts from 0% if the app is sent to the background, as there does not seem to be a download manager. This is especially problematic for the large 1.5gb file.



I am using Cloudflare R2, which doesn't have egress fee and I am getting about 5k Class B operations right now. Unless Cloudflare changes their end of the deal, I think it is OK.


great to hear! please consider introducing a mechanism to suspend the download vs restarting, this may be especially valuable for those with a slower connection. With the traffic growth you'll be seeing chances are Cloudflare's enterprise team will soon be in-touch ;)


I wonder why the file can’t be distributed inside the app on the App Store. That way downloads would be much more convenient.


Is P2P torrent type of sharing the load possible under AppStore guidelines (be they iOS or Android)? I've honestly never even thought about this being a thing, but with large shared data that doesn't change, why not?


P2P, as in hosted from other people's phones? I think the issue is that people generally wouldn't be happy with P2P data uploads from their phones (compared to P2P on desktop, where internet is cheaper/faster, and battery isn't an issue).


They are banned on iOS but not on Android.


appstore has app size limits.


There's also a way to host app resources in the App Store, usually used for levels in games and such:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Fi...


Looks like this has a limit of 512MB for any single file or resource tag group.




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