Docker Raises Prices Up to 80 Percent | ServeTheHome

the enshittification begins...

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.

Anyone looking for a free drop in replacement, I've been using Rancher Desktop without any issues https://rancherdesktop.io/

Wait...y'all were paying for Docker?

I thought docker was FOSS? What exactly are they charging you for?

Podman guys... Podman All the way...

Their entire offering is such a joke. I'm forced to use Docker Desktop for work, as we're on Windows. Every time that piece of shit gets updated, it's more useless garbage. Endless security snake oil features. Their installer even messes with your WSL home directory. They literally fuck with your AWS and Azure credentials to make it more "convenient" for you to use their cloud integrations. When they implemented that, they just deleted my AWS profile from my home directory, because they felt it should instead be a symlink to my Windows home directory. These people are not to be trusted with elevated privileges on your system. They actively abuse the privilege.

The only reason they exist is that they are holding the majority of images hostage on their registry. Their customers are similarly being held hostage, because they started to use Docker on Windows desktops and are now locked in. Nobody gives a shit about any of their benefits. Free technology and hosting was their setup, now they let everyone bleed who got caught. Prices will rise until they find their sweet spot. Thanks for the tech. Now die already.

Hot take: Good for them.

This will have zero impact on 99% of independent developers. Most small companies can move to an alternative or roll their own infrastructure. This will only really impact large corporations. I'm all for corporation-on-corporation violence. Let them fight.

Are You guys really pulling more than 40 images per hour? Isn't the free one enough?

https://podman.io/

Oh shit, what would I do without..... Scout Analysis?

you didn't need anything like docker with web 1.0; you just needed cuteftp and a text editor.

Is this the program that open source people use to install all the random depencies that their program needs to work? The one that people tell me to use when I complain about git bash pico sudo pytorch Install commands?

Or did another company copy their name?

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

Are there any decent alternatives to docker hub for pushing images if I'm just a hobbyist?

At work we get around this by not having docker or anything similar set up in the first place.

I'm getting tired of it lol

I'm sure "professionals" can afford $4

Podman or Rancher Desktop

Oh. This is /technology. I thought pants were about to go way up in price for a second.

Dev containers have been dead for a long time.

https://youtu.be/0YBWhSNTgV8?feature=shared