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google_photos README: say why it must be a Desktop app client - #139

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A "TVs and Limited Input devices" OAuth client downloads as a JSON file that looks the same as a Desktop one, with the same installed key. The sign-in then fails in the browser with Error 400 invalid_request ("Localhost URI is not allowed for 'NATIVE_DEVICE' client type"). This happened on the first real setup. The README now names the error, so the next person recognises it.

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