I am working on a new desktop client and I am currently weighing the
options of using basic auth or Oauth.  I like how basic auth keeps
things simple for the user to register an account and since its a
desktop app the credentials are stored on their machine.  I am worried
that oAuth is a bit confusing for users and the last thing I want to
do is introduce a hurdle for my users when using the app.

So a few questions:

1.  Is the goal to eventually shut off Basic Authentication, or will
it always be around for backwards compatability
2. Am I not giving users enough credit in knowing and understanding
the pin process?  Have devs that have written desktop apps had any
problems with users not understanding the registration process?

Thanks!
Kevin

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