Can anybody find any documentation saying pCloud supports WebDAV officially? There is zero mention of it on pcloud.com that can be found using Google or the search feature. Just because there is a server responding on webdav.pcloud.com does not mean it is supported or even working. It is a fact that it is incompatible with two-factor authentication. Seems like someone just installed a vanilla Apache with a DAV module and forgot about it. If they are using Jackrabbit, then performance will be slow (which is exactly what people have been complaining about in other forums). In fact it would be better if pCloud dropped WebDAV support completely rather than a half-working, unsupported legacy option like it is today.
I’ve been using a combination of NValt (Mac) and Plaintext/Editorial (iOS) via Dropbox for years, and it has been working well. Recently Dropbox just shot themselves in the foot though by discontinuing Linux support with any security, as well as limiting the number of devices to 3 for the free version. Given that a lifetime pCloud sub cost the same as one year of Dropbox while offering better privacy and device support, the choice was easy. Finding a pCloud-supporting Markdown app is not.
Fact is, WebDAV is a horrible protocol, even though the spec might look good on paper. Every instance I’ve tested is either buggy or at least slow. On top of this, trying to add two-way synchronization often results in the same files being copied over and over again. I bought a QNAP NAS for running ownCloud, but it has proven impossible to use no matter what client OS or software I’m using. That’s why cloud APIs are necessary to get satisfactory performance. Joplin seems tempting with it’s multi-platform client support, but with only native provider support for Dropbox and Microsoft you’re gonna find the market rapidly dwindling.