That said, both compute and bandwidth are expensive. How can you afford such a generous forever-free plan? Is there a catch?
Why would publishers pay us? They dont have to worry about piracy and users environment as everything is sandboxed.
With us they can give on demand pay-as-you-go option to users as opposed to expensive annual licenses.
For example, opening https://neverinstall.com/apps/intellij on Firefox just shows a low-resolution screen shot with a list of features, and no CTA.
How do I use neverinstall?
EDIT: I was able to launch an app after disabling my ad-blocker, but
- the latency for clicks/keystrokes was > 1000ms (despite choosing a server within the same country)
- the video resolution was poor (despite fast.com claiming 240Mbps)
- the app window was stuck to the bottom right corner and I could not get it to fill my screen
- the app kept picking up ghost key strokes ("key" would result in "keeeeeey")
All this aside, I appreciate the intent behind creating this product. From an engineering perspective some improvements are warranted, and I'm sure you guys will get there. All the best. :)
We have a strict privacy policy and support multiple login providers.We do not access or share users data to any third party.
Once signed in, clicking apps just opens the marketing page for them. How do I actually launch one?
Also your customer support messaging system is limited to a _very_ short message, ~150 characters or so.
What is my escape hatch for my workflows and data if your startup dies, though?
I’m not creating an account without knowing pricing.
What does it say?
What is neverinstall?
neverinstall allows users to access & run native applications like - Android studio, Chrome, VS Code, IntelliJ, etc. through a local browser.
How does it work?
We run these applications in cloud-native environments with virtual displays and stream the video directly to the browser while the user's input context (mouse, keyboard, etc) is forwarded to these applications in near real-time. The platform has a very generous free plan for all free applications and as we improve our cloud we intend to make all free applications fully free always. The paid applications will have a BYOL or a fully-loaded pay-as-you-go model. Of course, these might change in the future but keeping the free applications with a generous free plan will not. We believe as access to good and cheap high-speed internet grows everywhere, accessing and using software should change and be a lot more optimal than what it is now.
Some key problems we are trying to solve -
Saving hardware resources
Modern-day applications are becoming resource-heavy, users often need to make the decision on whether to upgrade their devices or seek out a new one. This is expensive and wasteful.
Real-time collaboration
Our favorite desktop apps often lack real time collaboration, we are trying to bring these applications to the web so that we're able to bring more flexibility into app workflows.
Accessibility
A lot of apps are not accessible on multiple devices especially the developer apps. We solve this by bringing these apps to your web browser and make them truly accessible from any device or OS.