Docker Raises Prices Up to 80 Percent and More
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Docker Pro annual pricing is increasing by 80 percent while some of the benefits are being adjusted to the subscription levels
    • LedgeDrop@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Begins?!? Docker Inc was waist deep in enshittification the moment they started rate limiting docker hub, which was nearly 3 or 4 years ago.

      This is just another step towards the deep end. Companies that could easily move away from docker hub, did so years ago. The companies that remain struggle to leave and will continue to pay.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        When that happened our DevOps teams migrated all our prod k8’s to podman, with zero issues. Docker who?

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This is a different take on the VMscare broadcom purchase.

      The real losers here are SoHos where it is too pricy to migrate and also too pricy not to. I don’t know whether that’s in your 1% or 99% but:

      • devs don’t develop for infrastructure their customers don’t use. It’s as dead as LKC, then.
      • big customers have deprecated their VMware infra and are only spending on replacement products, and if they do the same for docker the company will suffer in a year.

      If docker doesn’t have the gov/mil revenue, are we prepared for the company shedding projects and people as it shrinks?

      Remember: when tech elephants fight, it’s we the grass who suffers.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 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.

      • cheet@infosec.pubEnglish
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        2 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”

        • TrumpetX@programming.devEnglish
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          2 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.

          • cheet@infosec.pubEnglish
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            2 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.

    • jim3692@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Docker is not only about dependency management. It also offers service “composing”, via docker compose, and network isolation for each service.

      Although I personally love Nix, and I run NixOS on some of my servers, I do not believe it can replace Docker/Podman. Unless you go the NixOS Containers route.

    • thorisalaptop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 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.

      • magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
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        2 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.