LogMeIn - ripoff merchants!

[stek]

First it was free, then it went to something like £72/pa, then last year I was 'upgraded' without being given an option but seemed more or less the same package £209.99. I was quite ill at that time (ie this time last year) and let it slip, now I just got an email for auto-renewal for £299.99!

Fighting fit now - phoned it, cancelled it, told it to feck off....

Team Viewer, Team Viewer, Team Viewer!!

[DimPrawn]

[clearedforlanding]

I have become a big fan of Spashtop, having surrendered to Apple.

[Lance]

First it was free, then it went to something like £72/pa, then last year I was 'upgraded' without being given an option but seemed more or less the same package £209.99. I was quite ill at that time (ie this time last year) and let it slip, now I just got an email for auto-renewal for £299.99!

Fighting fit now - phoned it, cancelled it, told it to feck off....

Team Viewer, Team Viewer, Team Viewer!!

TeamViewer is £31.90 a month......... I'd prefer to use it as it integrates with Azure/O365 but not at that price.

[BillHicksRIP]

Set up an OpenVPN server and leave it running as a VM at home. The cost is buttons in the scheme of things and will give you access to your home network securely.

[woohoo]

Could you not just open a port on your router and forward the IP to your PC. Then just use remote desktop?

[stek]

Could you not just open a port on your router and forward the IP to your PC. Then just use remote desktop?

I haven't used LogmeIn for ages, just kept forgetting to cancel it.

TW is free for personal use, I have Apple Server at both places, however her in Ireland I have no legal control over the router and some weird UPC thing that doesn't seem to forward/open any ports. Don't want to mess with it even though the admin password is default!

My beef was more about them imcreasing the costs without giving you an opt-out other than cancel now or else...

[woohoo]

I haven't used LogmeIn for ages, just kept forgetting to cancel it.

TW is free for personal use, I have Apple Server at both places, however her in Ireland I have no legal control over the router and some weird UPC thing that doesn't seem to forward/open any ports. Don't want to mess with it even though the admin password is default!

My beef was more about them imcreasing the costs without giving you an opt-out other than cancel now or else...

Say again, you can't change your settings on your router?

[stek]

Say again, you can't change your settings on your router?

Not the one here in Ireland - where I rent a room. Well I could, but I won't cause it's flakey enough as it is, one of those combined set-top telly/router boxes, landlord always onto UPC (well, Virgin now) complaining about it so I won't touch it.

Teamviewer works fine though without any messing, just it's a bit clunky. Apple Server, for VPN wants either an Airport it can set up itself automagically or a manually opened ports and like I said, I'm not touching it.

[sal]

Could you not just open a port on your router and forward the IP to your PC. Then just use remote desktop?

Opening port 3389 to the internet is a very bad idea. If you are desperate enough to need RDP exposed to the internet at least use port redirection from an obscure port number to 3389