I hadnt used my Hero 4 Black since earlier this summer when it was working flawlessly with the old iPhone app. Yesterday, I attempted to fire up the camera to record my band at a live show. As soon as the new Capture app opened I was greeted by a login screen that I couldnt bypass to control my camera. I didnt have service in the venue and even if I did I was NOT going to sign up for an account just to use a tool that has been intentionaly crippled. Since I rely on the app to make sure framing is solid before starting to shoot, I just gave up and threw it back in my bag. It amazes me that a company whos stock is in free fall would show such disregard for their existing customer base. GoPro, I do NOT want to be FORCED to log into an account that I have no use for to use a tool that previously worked fine. Please do the right thing and update your app to remove this log in requirement. As of right now, I feel like i have a paper weight for a camera. Silver lining: the Garmin Virb Ultra 30 will accept most of my GoPro mounts, so if I have to sell my Hero 4, so be it. A camera is just a tool. When a tool ceases to be usefull, Ill find another one. Id give the current version of the app zero stars if I could.
*edit - updated for version 3.2 released on 2017-02-01*
Im adding one star as GoPro has created a method of temporarily bypassing the required login for 24 hours when there is no internet available. While I now can control my camera without a GoPro account like I could earlier in 2016, GoPro is still clearly trying to force customers to sign up for an account. GoPro, I will not sign up for an account to use my camera. I never had to with your original app, and I wont now. Listen to your customers who dont have any interest in your cloud services and create an option to permananltly disable the login. I dont care if this means I never have access to any of your cloud services. All I want to do is tether to my camera. The only reason Im adding one star back is I can force the login screen to go away by entering airplane mode, entering the app and then disabling airplane mode. If I have to, I will always use this workaround but I would be much happier if I could PERMANANTLY disable the login.