Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

I have no idea what this product does.<p>&gt; Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac<p>OK so like a URL to... what? Screenshare? Access the HDD like dropbox? Do something else?<p>&gt; Make changes in real time. Get feedback immediately. Effortless live previews.<p>Of what? About what? Of what?<p>&gt; Nice cartoon picture of dog<p>&#x2F;closes tab<p><i></i>Edit<i></i>: reading the rest of the page it&#x27;s still unclear what it does, or even why I&#x27;d want it. I guess I&#x27;m not the target audience?

Am I the only one bothered by these apps&#x2F;saas that hide their pricing?<p>&gt;&gt; No Subscription Required<p>&gt;&gt; The core version of Emporter is free.<p>&gt;&gt;<p>&gt;&gt; Subscriptions are offered to provide faster speeds, custom URL names, multiple sessions, and super good vibes.

If you don&#x27;t want to install any third-party apps, you can do much the same by spinning up an AWS box and using SSH remote port forwarding<p><pre><code> ssh -NT -R 0:localhost:80 youraccount@yourbox.amazonaws.com </code></pre> I also do an extra step and put an nginx proxy in front to translate hostnames into correct port numbers, but that&#x27;s optional.

Highly doubtful that I would ever buy any software sold on a monthly subscription basis. The best parts of my life have been a result of avoiding being tied to monthly fees. Without them, you are free to travel and move about at will.<p>Monthly fees are a ball and chain thought up by corporations to create modern slaves. Psychological and, to some extent, physical captivity.

How is it different from ngrok [1]?<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ngrok.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ngrok.com&#x2F;</a>

* How is that different from ngrok (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ngrok.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ngrok.com&#x2F;</a>)? * If you target Mac developers, the first thing is to provide a Homebrew recipe IMHO

Just a note that a lot of enterprises will likely block this app for security issues - my workplace is fairly open (file sharing services are allowed) but blocks ngrok.

The hidden pricing is a tab-closer for me. I’m just not going to play that game when it is not even clear what the app does.

I&#x27;m building my first web app right now, and understood what this did just by reading the title of the post. Many people building web apps will understand what you mean. It can&#x27;t hurt to compare it against existing tech that does similar things though.

If you don&#x27;t need extremely high speed, this is really easy to do with a Tor onion service. Granted the client needs to be a Tor browser, but there are benefits to not having to deal with these third party services.

Love this app!

Username is new, is this really a show hn or an ad

Looks really cool, however the Mac store requirement is no a go...

What&#x27;s the reasoning behind adding saliva to the dog&#x27;s tongue on the principal image of the landing page?<p>It is so jarring and out of place that it&#x27;s basically all I see there.

I have exactly one application installed from the Mac Store and that&#x27;s ironically Microsoft Remote Desktop viewer. This will not be my second one.