There is a lot wrong with this article, but here&#x27;s the main one that I think the author missed:<p>The quote there from Netflix&#x27;s Chief Product Officer is the most important part -- by offering offline downloads, Amazon is severely limiting themselves as to what devices they can offer their service on.<p>You can&#x27;t offer offline downloads on a Nintendo DS, because it doesn&#x27;t have the storage (but you can stream Netflix on it).  You can&#x27;t have offline download on a cable box (but there are a whole bunch you can stream Netflix on).<p>And what happens when I want to download something offline for my iPad but it&#x27;s full?  I can still stream Netflix (or Amazon  Video) but I can&#x27;t save it for later.  Or they could offer streaming but not offline mode on those devices.  What a terrible user experience.<p>I don&#x27;t think this will end up being that big a deal anyway -- most use cases I&#x27;ve heard for offline Netflix are I want to watch on a plane or cruise ship or hotel.  Open Connect[0] boxes can be put on planes and cruise ships, and most hotels have wifi already and some are already testing [1] the ability to let you log into your Netflix account from the hotel room.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openconnect.itp.netflix.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openconnect.itp.netflix.com</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.macnn.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;15&#x2F;01&#x2F;20&#x2F;test.allows.marriott.guests.to.use.own.netflix.accounts.during.stay&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.macnn.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;15&#x2F;01&#x2F;20&#x2F;test.allows.marriott....</a>