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Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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139 points exists | 13 comments | 23 Jun 25 20:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.448s | source | bottom
1. mslansn ◴[23 Jun 25 21:03 UTC] No.44360051[source]▶
If you care so much about the users as you say then you will release the code in a docker image so they can continue using your product.
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2. areyourllySorry ◴[23 Jun 25 21:07 UTC] No.44360103[source]▶
their target audience does not know what a "docker" is, much less wants to lease a server for hosting
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3. mslansn ◴[23 Jun 25 21:10 UTC] No.44360145[source]▶
You can teach someone how to rent a vps and run a docker image with one 10-minute youtube video. Then they can use the drag and drop editor and run the bot themselves. If they don’t want to pay for hosting that’s too bad. A vps to run a bot will cost a couple bucks a month.
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4. swyx ◴[23 Jun 25 21:16 UTC] No.44360207{3}[source]▶
yes but also once you let that happen there will be thousands of discord servers holding tokens, with no security updates...
5. koakuma-chan ◴[23 Jun 25 21:19 UTC] No.44360241{3}[source]▶
It's actually pretty hard to install Docker... Add Docker official GPG key... Install a bunch of crap...
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6. mslansn ◴[23 Jun 25 21:37 UTC] No.44360417{4}[source]▶
Literally four commands that can be copypasted. https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/fedora/#install-using...
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7. koakuma-chan ◴[23 Jun 25 21:46 UTC] No.44360497{5}[source]▶
Look at Debian
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8. macspoofing ◴[23 Jun 25 21:48 UTC] No.44360510[source]▶
Oh come on. I'm sure they care about the users, and they were also hoping to build a business. Why the hostility? You don't have to kick them when they are down.
9. JadoJodo ◴[23 Jun 25 22:51 UTC] No.44361010{3}[source]▶
*You can teach ~someone~ a very technical user how to …

I get the non-techie blindspot that all of us have in some form or another. With that in mind: it took three days to give my brother a crash course in Linux + Docker for his own home server (and even then he only knew the very basics). He’s fairly proficient in tech: builds his own desktops, knows the basics of code, doesn’t shy away from digging into the why, etc.

It would be unrealistic (and frankly irresponsible) to expect someone to setup _and understand_ a Docker server setup from a 10-minute video.

10. Mashimo ◴[24 Jun 25 09:07 UTC] No.44364199{6}[source]▶
It's in the repository, no?

I don't remember having trouble installing docker on debian.

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11. koakuma-chan ◴[24 Jun 25 10:05 UTC] No.44364517{7}[source]▶
You need to add their repository. It's way harder than it should be.
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12. Mashimo ◴[24 Jun 25 10:15 UTC] No.44364566{8}[source]▶
I'm 80% sure i use this one and it works for me https://packages.debian.org/trixie/docker.io
13. literalAardvark ◴[24 Jun 25 10:36 UTC] No.44364684{6}[source]▶
Still a single copy/paste...