Why would I pay money for a thing that already exists and is free? https://tmate.io
And your site doesn't show who you are, where you're based. Identification Nr, nothing.
Not very trustworthy
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#22Why would I pay money for a thing that already exists and is free? https://tmate.io
And your site doesn't show who you are, where you're based. Identification Nr, nothing. Not very trustworthy
tmate differences are covered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21264797
You’re right about the ID, we’ll add that in :-)
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#23$5/month/user seems high when you're not providing any hosting. Also you need at least $10/month to actually do anything which again seems high. This type of software should really be something like $30-$60/license and $10-$20 upgrade fee for latest version.
Sorry for the lack of clarity - only the user typing “assist” needs to have a subscription. We host publicly accessible tunnels so that this works wherever you are.
I’ll clarify the subscription details on the site - thanks!
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#24There isn't a link to terms of the subscription, at least I couldn't find one on mobile. Is the single user license for a single host or a single assister? Do both users need a license? Is it per device or per person?
Only the user typing “assist” needs to have a subscription and they can use it across all of their machines on a single license.
I’ll clarify this on the site - thanks!
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#25Honest question: What's the difference with tmate? I haven't seen a reference to it in the site and it looks pretty similar in purpose and usage from a quick look.
tmate is pretty similar but there are a few things about it architecturally that are different I think. The person connecting to you connects through a tmux server on the tunneling host rather than directly to your tmux session. This means that the tunneling server can see and modify everything sent over tmate. If the tunneling server is untrusted or compromised, an attacker would be able to run commands on your mach…
Thanks for the comprehensive reply. I understand the difference now.
Re: Show HN: Assist – Instant terminal sharing from anywhere
#26Is it possible to prevent the assister from actually executing the commands on your system? I could use this in a lot more places if the assister could see my screen/output and propose commands for me to run, but I was still in control of what commands are executed. (i.e. if I could safely use this as part of the customer support process for my customers, I would be extremely willing to pay for it).
Great idea! “assist -r” should trigger a read-only mode. We will add this feature soon - please send us an email (team@assist.app) if you’d like to be notified when it’s ready. Thanks!
You may also want to consider allowing the user to specify whether the default is read-only mode or read/write. In similar applications such as http://join.me, the default behavior is similar to a read-only mode.