Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @02:26AM from the how-much-friction-can-be-applied dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The remote desktop service LogMeIn sent an email to its users today notifying them that 'LogMeIn Free' will be discontinued — as of today. This is a major shock with minimal warning to the millions of users who have come to rely on their service, made all the more surprising by the fact that 'consensus revenue estimates for LogMeIn in 2014 are $190.3 million,' suggesting that their system of providing both free and paid accounts for what is ultimately a straightforward service that could be duplicated for well under $1 million was already doing quite well." Asks reader k280: "What alternative tools are available for free, and how do they compare to LogMeIn?"

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Torrents are your friend by cloud.pt · 2014-01-21 02:42 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Cracked version of Teamviewer from your favorite torrent tracker. Fight the powa!
Re:Uh? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-21 02:43 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Personally, I just set up two DNS servers
Good le plan fine le sir. I'll ask my mom to set up port forwards and ssh keys after she converts to atheism. I stroke my le neckbeard to you le sir!
Re:Uh? by Rabbitt · 2014-01-21 03:03 · Score: -1, Flamebait

funny, I'm remoted into a computer via a remote into another computer (all using teamviewer.. unattended) to respond to you... fuckwit.

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Re:Uh? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-01-21 05:15 · Score: -1, Flamebait

If you're too lazy to do it, then pay for LogMeIn or find another solution and stop bitching. The original comment included another free solution just for lazy fucks like yourself.