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Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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Doesn't Docker have Docker Enterprise or something like that that they charge money for? So the email harvesting is really just in addition to charging money.

The harvested emails are used (among other things) for lead generation for Docker Enterprise.

This is a socially acceptable reason to collect emails, and it should be openly labeled as "do you want to receive information about Docker products and services?" or the like, like non-annoying companies do.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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Ubuntu for raspberry pi requires a ubuntu login continue installing it, after formatting and setting the network up. It won't let you boot into a working setup until you create account on their website. Kind of hard if you don't have access to any other device.

Really? This must have changed recently. I installed their PI image about 6 months ago without having to register. That really sucks :(

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#223

Docker is such a mess. As a tool for building containers its cumbersome, has bizarre and frustrating limitations and has issues that haven’t been addressed in years. You can’t use semver for tags, it eats up all your disk space and you have to manually GC it, etc… Multi-build support is basically useless and invariably you end up writing convoluted bash scripts to get the thing to work. Caching is terrible pretty muc…

> Please save yourself a lot of heartache and just use containerd. Part of the appeal of Docker is the ease with which developers new to the concept of containers can pick it up. I cannot say the same for containerd. Try a search for containerd tutorials and compare what you find with docker tutorials. > People don't realize just how easy all this stuff will be to replace. Think carefully about why that is. If it wer…

> Try a search for containerd tutorials and compare what you find with docker tutorials.

containerd is just a building block. You'll actually be looking for a Kubernetes tutorial, which the internet is sprawling with.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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> If they want to collect emails they need to offer something in addition. whether i agree with the decision or not, i am confused by this sentiment. aren’t they offering docker, for free?

They're indeed giving away Docker for free, but part of the reason I hypothetically want Docker in the first place is that I trust the people distributing it to not do anything underhanded with their flagship tool's position as a product which runs thousands of other businesses' infrastructure. There is a certain degree of trust involved in using a product like Docker since it is so critical to a businesses' operatio…

you're trying to spin it for being an entitled prick, well you know what, you don't like it don't use docker, is not like they get much by you using for free.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#226
This issue was opened in the docs repo and it was closed in that context, which was correct (the docs do not need to change as for now).

The docs do not dictate how you download Docker and joaofnfernandes is only responsible for the docs as far as I can tell.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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I 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...

Particularly in this specific line of business. Would you use a management platform that pretends to delete containers and associated files but doesn't?

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#229

That'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…

> http://bugmenot.com/

Oooh, thanks for this, hugely useful.

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