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A couple of years ago I was looking for a remote control app to remote-multibox a couple of PCs for some online game. I found it a bit odd that every search (i
by Elrac 10y ago
A couple of years ago I was looking for a remote control app to remote-multibox a couple of PCs for some online game.
I found it a bit odd that every search (including for competing products) brought me to TeamViewer, that all the formerly available alternatives (like *VNC) were defunct or pay-only, and that TeamViewer was not just free but rather aggressively offered. Call me paranoid, but I thought "someone wants to make sure there's a TeamViewer on every box in the world, and is willing to pay for slick, aggressive marketing and to eat the costs of product development and marketing to see to it."
My (otherwise completely unfounded) guess was that a major intelligence agency, maybe the NSA, was behind all that.
I used TV for a few days but ditched it at my earliest opportunity. It just felt too creepy for me to trust it.
So now, maybe, I was right for the wrong reasons. Or not. (shrug)
- nikanj 10y ago"someone wants to make sure there's a TeamViewer on every box in the world, and is willing to pay for slick, aggressive marketing and to eat the costs of product development and marketing to see to it." That would be the teamviewer company. Surprisingly often companies want their product on every desktop, and are willing to eat the marketing and development costs to make it happen.