• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Enshitification is a very, very real thing. GitLab did something similar with raising pricing by 5x a few years back.

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    3 months ago

    Folks, the docker runtime is open source, and not even the only one of its kind. They won’t charge for that. If they tried to make it closed source, everyone would just laugh and switch to one of several completely free alternatives. They charge for hosting images, build time on their build servers, and various “premium” developer tools you don’t need. In fact, you need none of this, you can do all of it yourself on whatever hardware you deem to be good enough. There are also many other hosted alternatives out there.

    Docker thinks they have a monopoly, for some reason. If you use the technology, you are probably already aware that they don’t.

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        3 months ago

        Windows container runtime is free as well, simply install the docker runtime from chocolatey or winget along with the Windows Containers and Hyper-V windows features. This is what we do on some build machines for CI.

        Theres no reason to use desktop other than “ease of use”

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          3 months ago

          There are some reasons. Networking can get messed up, so Docker Desktop “fixed that” for you, but the dirty secret is it’s basically a Linux VM with Docker CE and some convenience network routes.

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            3 months ago

            Youre talking about Linux containers on Windows, I think commenter above was referring to windows containers on Windows, which is its own special hell for lucky folks like me.

            Otherwise I totally agree. Ive done both setups without docker desktop.

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      4 months ago

      Docker Engine (which is the core of what people think of as “Docker”) is FOSS. Docker Desktop (which most people rely on for local development) is free for individuals but I believe the license says companies over a certain size are required to pay.

      And on top of that the paid plans also come with support, which large businesses frequently require, and private repositories on docker’s image repository.

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        4 months ago

        Glad I run everything in a VM. If you want my money you can accept donations, and sell support contracts.

        The moment you hide features or code behind a paywall or proprietary license, is the moment you no longer get my fucking money.

        Granted random weirdos who donate to FLOSS projects probably weren’t paying dockers bill anywho.