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One Hit Wonder
January 16, 2020
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Deezer Desktop App - does not keep me logged in and too many Captchas

  • January 16, 2020
  • 242 replies
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For some reason the desktop app (OS 😵 doesn’t keep me logged in, so I periodically need to sign in again.

 

Doing so requires spending 2-3 minutes clicking on pictures of traffic lights and fire hydrants.

 

This is absolutely ludicrous behaviour for a *desktop* app. Honestly, the desktop app shouldn’t auto-logout at all. If you are so worried about robots, then switch to 2-factor authentication or something.

Best answer by Rudi

Hi all,

Thank you for all the answers provided so far - very helpful! Our developers who are investigating this problem have asked for more info from you to speed up the process. Could you please tell us:

  • Do you have to log in every time you relaunch the app or is this happening every time the app gets an update?
  • When you get logged out, can you log back in straight away or you need to restart the app?
  • Have you downloaded the app from the Windows Store or using a direct link for the .exe file?

Let us know the most you can, it can help us fix this quicker :thumbsup_tone2:

242 replies

Rockstar
June 1, 2020
https://www.deezer.com/en/profile/3421485864
Roadie
June 8, 2020

Hi,

 

On desktop I am constantly logged out, and then have to go through the infuriating process of working for Google for free to be able to access something I am paying for.

It makes absolutely no sense to ask the user to solve a captcha *after they provided the correct password*. It adds no security whatsoever.

You keep saying you will solve this, but it never seems to go away. This is really not acceptable.

 

Cheers

Telmo

Rudi
Ultimate Superstar
Ultimate Superstar
June 9, 2020

Hey there @Telmo Menezes it's all sorted on our side, please see above for more info! Thank you for your support :wink:

Guitar Hero
June 10, 2020

Hello @maxserpentini, here you go:

Mac : https://www.deezer.com/desktop/download/artifact/darwin/x64/4.19.30
Windows : https://www.deezer.com/desktop/download/artifact/win32/x86/4.19.30

Let me know if it works :slight_smile:

It seems to be working fine now. Thanks Kevin. 

Guitar Hero
June 10, 2020

Hey there @Telmo Menezes it's all sorted on our side, please see above for more info! Thank you for your support :wink:


That works (finally)… just as I was thinking of switching to another streaming service altogether for this reason alone! Please could the download link on the site be updated to this version, as I downloaded twice in the last few days thinking that a reinstall might help with the failure to login (even with the correct password and captcha responses). But the version on your main site is 4.19.20, not x.xx.30.

Thanks for fixing this - it was a major disincentive to using your service (which I love in every other respect).

Rockstar
June 11, 2020

Hello @AndrewC, yes, at this point it’s not normal that you still have access to the old version on the website. Thanks a lot for the lovely feedback though, it’s very much appreciated :slight_smile:

Have a nice one

https://www.deezer.com/en/profile/3421485864
Roadie
June 13, 2020

Gladly this was finally addressed.

Keeping my subscription ;)

Rudi
Ultimate Superstar
Ultimate Superstar
June 13, 2020

Thank you once more for your support and patience on this @lou.wyss :relaxed:

Guitar Hero
June 17, 2020

Hi,

I am chiming in to let you know you lost a subscription because of this - now trying the 3 months free trial at your spot*** competitor.

I downloaded the .30 version from your link because it didn’t auto update.

 

At the end of the update a notification inside deezer tells me that you changed the notification preferences for my account.. ENABLING EVERYTHING! All notifications are enabled on all channels (email, push and SMS).
Who on earth did ask you for this “feature”?

 

I came here to check if you solved the issue, thinking to come back eventually, but this moves are bad for user experience.
Can I revert back to my previous notification settings?

Rockstar
June 18, 2020

Hello @uluru, you’ll find some explanations about the new notification settings here, both in the article and the comments. I acknowledge this can be really upsetting to see everything activated again. The reason for that is that we changed the notification system, offering a new categorisation, and it was technically complicated to import the old notification settings of all users to the new system. You can of course modify yourself your notification settings to your convenience.

Let me know if you have more questions

https://www.deezer.com/en/profile/3421485864