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I ditched Docker for Podman

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1101 points codesmash | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CraigJPerry ◴[05 Sep 25 14:15 UTC] No.45138862[source]▶
Docker is failing in that trap where they feel the need to try (and mostly fail so far) to add net-new value streams (e.g. mcp catalogue, a bunch of other stuff i immediately turned off that last time i installed it) rather than focus on the core value.

It's not the case that they've maximised the utility of the core build / publish container nor the acquire / run container workflows and but they're prioritising fluff around the edges of the core problem.

Podman for its various issues is a whole lot more focussed.

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1. colechristensen ◴[05 Sep 25 14:25 UTC] No.45138998[source]▶
The core of docker needs to be free. The docker registry can charge corporate customers for storage and such, but besides being the default registry, there's not much money there because it's a commodity service, not anything unique.

There's just not much money to be made there, especially considering that docker is a pretty thin wrapper built on top of a bunch of other free technology.

When somebody can make a meaningful (though limited) clone of your core product in 100 lines of bash, you can't make much of a business on top of it [1]

Docker suffers from being useful in the open source space but having no reasonable method to make revenue.

https://github.com/p8952/bocker