Play store (and whatever it is for IPhone) stagger the Release of the patch in order to not get that high spikes of download. This is something SG can’t control.
Also you only seem to get a max of 6 recruits per raid win. So you only lose a max of 144 recruits per 24h hours of not getting the patch. Not that big of a deal imo. (and that’s with using all flags and winning ever raid in Diamond)