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You need persistent storage for OTT applications to store authentication tokens. Without this storage users will have to re-authenticate every time they start a
by jdblair 7y ago
You need persistent storage for OTT applications to store authentication tokens. Without this storage users will have to re-authenticate every time they start an OTT application, usually this means entering their email and password using an on-screen keyboard.
Some streaming devices do come pretty close to what you're proposing, though. One technique is to unpack apps from persistent, (sometimes) read-only storage into a RAM filesystem at boot time, then run the app from there.
- undersuit 7y agoOr the device sends a signed request to the third party servers for your app, you verify the request through your account on the server, and your device never needs local storage.
- jdblair 7y agoThere would be tradeoffs, but rhat could be made to work. It is different from how things work in practice today.
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