In the pre-4G era, VidMate gave people in emerging markets (India, Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria) a way to without burning mobile data caps. A 50MB video downloaded over Wi-Fi at an internet café could be watched 20 times later on a bus ride.

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In 2013, streaming was still data-hungry and unreliable on 3G networks. Buffering was a way of life. Enter VidMate—a lightweight Android app that let users own their videos by downloading them directly to their device.