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Hi all, I’ve been working on a music recommendation service that pairs with navidrome (think of it as a personal pandora).

I’ve also built an iOS app for it that I am trying to beta test. Even to use TestFlight, you still need to go through Apple’s approval process.

The reviewers are requiring access to a working server to test it, demo videos aren’t being accepted.

I really don’t want to have to set up an external host, as 1) authentication is a bit limited 2) you need a large music collection and I’m not comfortable opening that up on the internet.

Has anyone dealt with something similar?

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Wait, how is this app going to function on release if you can't stand up the basic resources for it to function for them to test it? Every user has to self host their own?

Which brings up another issue: if there isn't an easy way for you to secure the server as the developer, is it fair for you to just dump all that on your end users?

[–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Every user has to self host their own?

Did... Did you see what community you're in?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, but it still deserves the question to be asked explicitly. I don't think most iPhone users looking for a music reccomendation app would assume they'd need to selfhost in order to use an app.

And again, if as the dev he's not prepared to set up his own server for use to pass basic testing, it begs the question of what exactly he's expecting out of his end users and if it's truly a reasonable ask even if they're prepared to self host

[–] nix98@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It’s a side car service for navidrome so you already need to have navidrome (or other subsonic compatible server) running.