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We Need to Talk About Docker Hub

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128 points darthShadow | 4 comments | 24 Jan 25 11:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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concerndc1tizen ◴[24 Jan 25 12:20 UTC] No.42812414[source]▶
If you don't like it, then why don't you use a different provider?

If you want free stuff, is your strategy to smear them into giving you more free stuff?

Storage, compute, and traffic, isn't free. You've been the beneficiary of charity for years.

Yes, the open source community has relied on this implicit charity as a parasite, by exploiting whatever free services they could. And now we're paying the price, as you say, by having DockerHub as the default provider.

My suggestion is therefore that we need independent solutions, that are fully funded as a charity, and stop relying on freemium services from corporations that fundamentally don't care about the public good.

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1. bayindirh ◴[24 Jan 25 12:43 UTC] No.42812566[source]▶
You're framing this wrong.

They don't whine because they didn't get DSOS status this year. They are confused because they didn't get an answer.

They want communication, not free cookies.

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2. concerndc1tizen ◴[24 Jan 25 12:59 UTC] No.42812655[source]▶
> we were preparing for our annual DSOS renewal. This process is abysmal, there's no way to apply to roll over membership, or even a renewal process per se, you have to reapply from scratch every year using the same badly-designed form ...

It sounds more to me like those who run DockerHub aren't that interested in giving away free service.

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3. bayindirh ◴[24 Jan 25 13:17 UTC] No.42812755[source]▶
They (Docker) might not be. Docker Hub is their turf, they can do whatever they want (and face the consequences).

However, the post doesn't say that LinuxServer want free service. They say that they had the opportunity, and they try every year. From what I read, they're perfectly fine with a "No, you are not selected this year".

Being decent and being interested in giving a free service are mutually exclusive. You can provide free service while being mean, you can deny people from your free service while being polite.

The people who wrote this post is only interested with the "polite" part. So, they can see what they're at and act accordingly (reapply, pay, or find other alternatives).

Requesting communication is not a bad thing.

4. skywhopper ◴[24 Jan 25 13:45 UTC] No.42812944[source]▶
You’d think they’d at least try to sell to people who are asking for their services.