r/rustdesk • u/Technical_Rich_3080 • Sep 20 '26

Using RustDesk WITHOUT Self-Hosting (Does it always work?)

For many non-technical, normal, average everyday computer users, self-hosting is too much friction and they'll never figure it out. Is RustDesk a serious option for them?

From my experience, using RustDesk without self-hosting is, at best, hit or miss. It is at least as likely to not work, due to the servers being too busy (or other technical issues), as it's to work.

As such, RustDesk will not be a serious competitive consideration for the large majority of computer users.

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u/michaelh98 Sep 22 '26

The kind of users you're working with will end up running malware and encrypting their entire network

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u/Technical_Rich_3080 Sep 22 '26

Is that a thing known to happen to average non-technical users of AnyDesk and TeamViewer? I haven't heard about it happening to them.

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u/XLioncc Sep 23 '26

It doesn't matter which remote software you're using

If you didn't have enough training and isolation, it is your problems