Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access

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?"

Comments

Re:Uh?

[Anonymous Coward]

>Uh?
>Personally, I just set up two DNS servers, and my own dyndns service (inspired on freedns.afraid.org) and I make sure the people I support have the necessary port forwards for ssh using keys. From there on, it's just an ssh tunnel away for RDP or VNC.

Clearly, you aren't their target audience. Are you really that clueless?

Re:Uh?

[Sarten-X]

...So now I have to remember the SSH tunneling syntax (and still port numbers), and also be running an SSH server remotely, and also have go through a multi-step process to connect. No thanks.

You're missing the point. The DIY solutions you're suggesting aren't getting any easier; only the precise flavor of difficulty is changing. Sure, I can build multi-hop routes every time I need to connect somewhere, but it's not nearly as easy as using a nice packaged solution like LogMeIn was.