I have a Galaxy Tab S7 and for a trip to Spain I downloaded some stuff to watch on the flight. When I got on the plane none of the stuff downloaded on Disney+ would play. Maybe an issue with downloading to the SD card? I don’t know, but regardless Disney offers SD card as a download destination so they should make sure it is working.

So now I’m here pirating a show that should be available to me through a service I pay for. Gabe was right, piracy is a service problem.

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On most of these services you can download but you must be connected to the internet to verify that you have the right to watch the file you downloaded.

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Netflix didn’t use to do this-- you could watch in airplane mode. Any idea if that changed?

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So… what’s the point of downloading then?

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Download stuff to your phone over wifi and watch away from home without eating up cellular.

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Their support site literally says “when you don’t have an internet connection” so if it’s working the way you describe then it’s not working as designed.

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Shiver me timbers.

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I always pirate media even when I’m subscribed to a service. Most streaming services act up because I’m on Linux.

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I use Linux but the only issues I have are 1) lower quality, since the best quality is usually restricted to Chrome and Edge on Windows and Max, and 2) no downloads.

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What others issues are possible? Lol

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I mean not streaming at all back with the DRM issues but I guess that’s fair.

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I’ve done this before with Netflix too. I was trying to watch a show and it was constantly stuttering, pausing and dropping out to unwatchable resolution. I know it wasn’t my internet connection because the torrent for the episode downloaded in like two minutes lol.

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Get VLC Media Player or another similar of choice. Where it’s easy for you to manage & watch/ listen to any media of choice.

Enjoy your upcoming travels.

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Well yeah I use VLC for the stuff I’ve downloaded.

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