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Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
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Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#32I wonder how requiring login to download helps a company in general? Docker says "improve experience for users" but is collecting download counts for each accounts important?
Lead generation.
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please take a look here: https://store.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-deskto... It does in fact ask the user to login before giving them a download link. The files themselves don't appear to behind a login-wall since people are posting them far and wide. But the website very much implies that you need to register.
This is a link specifically from the Docker store. Download pages are also linked from multiple places in the documentation, binaries are installable via Docker's package repositories, and generally available far and wide. This is a misleading, sensationalist headline, i.e. clickbait.
If you go to docker.com, click "get started", click "docker for mac", it sends you to exactly that URL.
Sure, maybe there are side links they haven't changed, but this is a pretty clear login-wall.
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Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#35I wonder how requiring login to download helps a company in general? Docker says "improve experience for users" but is collecting download counts for each accounts important?
“Subscribe to our opt out mailing list so we can spam you until you unsubscribe”
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#36That's what throwaway accounts are for... and this, of course: http://bugmenot.com/view/store.docker.com In any case, "to make sure we can improve the Docker for Mac and Windows experience for users moving forward" is yet another example of the official-sounding-yet-bullshit, vague and meandering language that seems to permeate into everything these days. (Is there a specific term for it? "Business-speak" doesn't hav…
If you are too much of a douche to give a thowaway account for docker service, then they dont want you anyway.
Your kind are not savvy, your kind are just douches that would shit on their own gma for a dollar.
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#37I wonder how requiring login to download helps a company in general? Docker says "improve experience for users" but is collecting download counts for each accounts important?
They will send you spam every two weeks reminding you of the goodness of Docker.
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#38If you're frustrated with Docker's slow pace of development are are looking for a good alternative, have a look at Singularity containers. They're interoperable with Docker Hub and OCI compatible images, and offer a much better experience for HPC, machine learning and big data environments. Their GPU support is top notch. They don't run on as many platforms as Docker, but are aiming to grow into cross-platform. Sylabs is a small team in Austin, TX that does a lot of the development work, but they are quickly gaining adoption in academia. It's available on Cedar and Graham in Compute Canada (a large supercomputing cluster that serves most of Canada). We use Singularity on all our lab machines as it is much easier for IT admins to manage, and doesn't require sudo access. Their GPU support is top notch.
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#39It's in Docker's interest to capture as much value as they can from their products, their calculus is changing. It's their decision to make, however passing it off as in the best interest of users is a bit of a whopper and not the best way to communicate it. I don't think entitlement to other people's work is the best response though.
Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
#40I also can't delete my account myself after having created it. I believe the best way to operate is to make something as easy to delete as it was to create...
Pretty sure that violates GDPR. Might want to email them about that.