Right... but that is a distinction without a difference: it was the case that some assets were being downloaded after the app started, and that without those as

Right... but that is a distinction without a difference: it was the case that some assets were being downloaded after the app started, and that without those assets the app did not work, and now that is still the case; the form of the asset doesn't matter as long as it prevents the app from working after the base install without first downloading whatever it is.