Re:Show HN: I built a local-first podcast app
by The_SamminAter on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:36AM
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I noticed that this doesn’t work on iOS 14 due to new/unsupported JS (just shows a blank page), would this be possible to workaround/fix? I quite like the idea, and would love to switch to it as my way to consume podcasts.
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Re:Show HN: I built a local-first podcast app
by aegrumet on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:56AM
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Ah, bummer. Just did some quick research, which suggested that first load can fail on iOS 14, but that refreshing the page might fix the issue. Can you try and report back?
I don't see iOS 14 in the list of simulators that ships with XCode, so this could be a challenge to reproduce.
Another option: try another browser. So if you're using Safari, try e.g. Chrome or Firefox.
Re:Show HN: I built a local-first podcast app
by The_SamminAter on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:05PM
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Thanks for taking the time to respond! I’ve tried refreshing a couple of times and I’m afraid it made no difference. Chrome and Firefox all use the same embedded WebKit, so I’m afraid it still happens on them. I have XCode with an iOS 14 (as well as some similarly-old) Simulators if you’d like me to see if I can isolate and upload that, but according to Apple documentation[0] you should be able to download older simulators from Settings->Components->Add Platforms.
[0]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/downloading-...