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I believe the account is so that Overcast's servers can look for new episodes and push background updates so new episodes are there when you open it.
by robinsta 12y ago
I believe the account is so that Overcast's servers can look for new episodes and push background updates so new episodes are there when you open it.
- jonny_eh 12y agoPocketCasts has the same feature without an account. The app can auto-generate a server account using the device's uuid.
- robmcm 12y agoYou can't get a device UUID anymore I don't think. There is also a web view/player I think.
- dsuriano 12y agoThere is now `[UIDevice identifierForVendor]`. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIDevice_Class/Reference/UIDevice.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/UIDevice/identifierForVendor https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/...
- ZitchDog 12y agoTake it from someone who has gone down that path, it's a support nightmare, especially when you want to allow cross-device sync. Much easier to just require the account up-front.
- geuis 12y agoIt may be easier from the engineering perspective, but its a major turn off for the user. Building good user experiences is often harder than the engineering part.
- guywithabike 12y agoOvercast has a web client, too. If Overcast used the UUID, it wouldn't be able to give you the web client side of things easily.