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Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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What's next? Opt-out phone-home, telemetry, crash reporting, quality analytics, whatever you call it. That's my prediction. My Synology personal file server started nagging about enabling telemetry and needing a privacy notice to store my files on my drive on my network. Screw that.

Even Wacom tablet drivers phone home now: https://www.reddit.com/r/wacom/comments/7zzq8p/you_should_kn...

Gosh! How is this even legal?! Thank you for mentioning that.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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I'm very curious how this develops. It was already a bit strange to notice that one of the several container technologies available got significantly more visibility thanks to a smart marketing team and targeting Mac and Windows users. Personally, I'm using LXC and related technologies and see no benefit in switching to Docker whatsoever. Eventually most people run their containers on Linux anyway, and the LXC's way of doing things seems very native and natural in this environment.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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This one comment sums up the changes nicely: https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/issues/6910#issue... A download went from 5 steps to 12 steps, to improve the Docker experience?

The irony is the resulting statistics might actually say less people had a negative experience with docker, now they dont even download and try it...

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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Agreed. Being dishonest like this is one of the fastest way to lose customers. Please can spot it a mile away. They should make it optional. Have the email collection form prominently there and ask users if they want to sign up to receive the newsletter, free tutorial, free e-book, whitepapers, etc. Then also have a "No thanks, take me to the download". While email to download is fine in most marketing contexts, it i…

Does offering the source not qualify as offering something? What is the closed source company offering that you are ok with giving your email away? Really an honest question. I find Docker useful, and was put back also by the email/ login request, but why are they getting so much hate, compared to every other company, just because of this?

Because a closed-source company is open about being a for-profit commercial entity that is trying to make a dollar first and foremost.

Docker is "revolutionising infrastructure" or something. It doesn't have "make heaps of money" as it's primary goal. Partly this is because open source. There's an expectation that open source is also "for the greater good".

The cardinal sin of our times is hypocrisy. Being a money-worshiping greedy capitalist bastard is fine, as long as you're open that that's what you are. Pretending to be altruistic while actually being greedy will generate all the hate.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#265
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I found the real problem with Docker to be that it downloads things from their repository. Just like Maven, it's a major pain point.

Its possible to run your own registry:

  docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry registry:2
From https://docs.docker.com/registry/deploying/

Or use the one in GitLab https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/container_registry.h...

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#266
We decided to spend a minute of your time for registration to improve your experience (and another minute that it will take to unsubscribe from spam later).

But I think it's only fair. Those developers who dislike this probably do the same to their users.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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guix environment --container [ list of packages ] -- command

I haven't looked back since they added that in the last version. Configurable network namespace sharing or isolation, configurable fs namespace sharing or isolation, configurable environment variables within the container, and the option to "pack" the entire thing as a tar.gz to deploy.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

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Would it kill companies to be honest and upfront about these sorts of issues? I feel like "Hey, we're unable to pay our bills unless we can better monetize our product" comes across a lot more honest and trust-worthy than this "We're improving user experience! Trust us!" pride-and-accomplishment nonsense that everyone keeps regurgitating. We're not preschoolers, the Internet can spot marketing slogans a mile away.

Haven't seen an honest manager (yet) that would approve something like that.

Re: Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store

#269
post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Being dishonest like this is one of the fastest way to lose customers. Please can spot it a mile away. They should make it optional. Have the email collection form prominently there and ask users if they want to sign up to receive the newsletter, free tutorial, free e-book, whitepapers, etc. Then also have a "No thanks, take me to the download". While email to download is fine in most marketing contexts, it i…

Does offering the source not qualify as offering something? What is the closed source company offering that you are ok with giving your email away? Really an honest question. I find Docker useful, and was put back also by the email/ login request, but why are they getting so much hate, compared to every other company, just because of this?

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