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I had a TeamViewer subscription for a few years. Getting it cancelled when I elected not to renew it was tedious and difficult. I don’t recommend TeamViewer an

by jes 4y ago

I had a TeamViewer subscription for a few years. Getting it cancelled when I elected not to renew it was tedious and difficult. I don’t recommend TeamViewer anymore. My opinion is that they are janky as hell.

joenathanone 4y ago
I paid for a lifetime license, who knew that a lifetime was less than 10 years? My lifetime license was revoked and I have to buy the latest version I want to continue using. No thank you.
- AndyJames 4y ago
  I think Linus from Linus Tech Tips had the same issue. It's worth watching this on YT
  - HanClinto 4y ago
    This was hilarious, thank you for the tip! Here's the ref in case anyone else wants to watch it also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRzaGUKEFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRzaGUKEFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC5BqRNkas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC5BqRNkas
- m-p-3 4y ago
  One thing I understood a while ago is that any service claiming a lifetime license is it's either the lifetime of the product or the company, not the customer. I tend to avoid it unless I'm fairly certain the product / company will last for longer than it would cost me per year of a subscription (to make sure my "investment" is worth it), and that I'll use it extensively. Nothing is truely forever, and moreso in the world of software.
TheFreim 4y ago
What's the best alternative you've found? I personally use anydesk from time to time when helping family with tech issues remotely, but I haven't looked too much at other software.
- m-p-3 4y ago
  I use Chrome Remote Desktop for personal use, works well enough for me.
- sllewe 4y ago
  Screenconnect and Splashtop come to mind. Yes - both have their flaws, but are much more palatable then TV.
- degenerate 4y ago
  NoMachine is the closest 1:1 experience to Teamviewer I've found. It uses the same video capture method and offers a lot of the same features such as drag-and drop file copying and aspect ratio controls. The downside is the UI is very odd and difficult to maneuver, but once you get used to it, you'll ditch TeamViewer. You will also need to connect to hosts with IPs and open your ports; it doesn't have the ability to punch through firewalls like TeamViewer can.
  - nomachine 4y ago
    Hi, can you tell us what you find odd and difficult to use? Maybe we get what you mean; in the NoMachine UI there are a lot of settings you can select: the protocol, different IP addresses, encodings and so on. These are some of the advanced options that almost no users probably care about. But the fact is that, since its inception, NoMachine was intended as an "advanced communication and remote desktop tool", more a "professional tool", not intended for the "wide public", especially because you had to "know" and be able to configure things like "an IP address", which is more in the "professional space". To make NoMachine apt for widespread adoption, we need NoMachine Network, the infrastructure that will allow people to connect by just knowing a "machine id", the same TeamViewer does, and we are working on it. Expect this very soon. But that said... We would love to know form you where we can improve the NoMachine UI, to make it more usable, more friendly less "confusing" (if it is) and less intimidating. If you like, you can obviously also contact us directly. Do as you like, but we would love to hear from you.
    - degenerate 4y ago

by jes 4y ago

joenathanone 4y ago

I paid for a lifetime license, who knew that a lifetime was less than 10 years? My lifetime license was revoked and I have to buy the latest version I want to continue using. No thank you.

AndyJames 4y ago
I think Linus from Linus Tech Tips had the same issue. It's worth watching this on YT
- HanClinto 4y ago
  This was hilarious, thank you for the tip! Here's the ref in case anyone else wants to watch it also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRzaGUKEFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRzaGUKEFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC5BqRNkas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC5BqRNkas
m-p-3 4y ago
One thing I understood a while ago is that any service claiming a lifetime license is it's either the lifetime of the product or the company, not the customer. I tend to avoid it unless I'm fairly certain the product / company will last for longer than it would cost me per year of a subscription (to make sure my "investment" is worth it), and that I'll use it extensively. Nothing is truely forever, and moreso in the world of software.

TheFreim 4y ago

What's the best alternative you've found? I personally use anydesk from time to time when helping family with tech issues remotely, but I haven't looked too much at other software.

m-p-3 4y ago
I use Chrome Remote Desktop for personal use, works well enough for me.
sllewe 4y ago
Screenconnect and Splashtop come to mind. Yes - both have their flaws, but are much more palatable then TV.
degenerate 4y ago
NoMachine is the closest 1:1 experience to Teamviewer I've found. It uses the same video capture method and offers a lot of the same features such as drag-and drop file copying and aspect ratio controls. The downside is the UI is very odd and difficult to maneuver, but once you get used to it, you'll ditch TeamViewer. You will also need to connect to hosts with IPs and open your ports; it doesn't have the ability to punch through firewalls like TeamViewer can.
- nomachine 4y ago
  Hi, can you tell us what you find odd and difficult to use? Maybe we get what you mean; in the NoMachine UI there are a lot of settings you can select: the protocol, different IP addresses, encodings and so on. These are some of the advanced options that almost no users probably care about. But the fact is that, since its inception, NoMachine was intended as an "advanced communication and remote desktop tool", more a "professional tool", not intended for the "wide public", especially because you had to "know" and be able to configure things like "an IP address", which is more in the "professional space". To make NoMachine apt for widespread adoption, we need NoMachine Network, the infrastructure that will allow people to connect by just knowing a "machine id", the same TeamViewer does, and we are working on it. Expect this very soon. But that said... We would love to know form you where we can improve the NoMachine UI, to make it more usable, more friendly less "confusing" (if it is) and less intimidating. If you like, you can obviously also contact us directly. Do as you like, but we would love to hear from you.
  - degenerate 4y ago