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Docker Installer Link

Posted by meghan

Docker recently made it so that it requires you to have an account on Docker Hub in order to download the Docker Desktop Installer. So, here's the links:

https://download.docker.com/win/stable/Docker%20for%20Windows%20Installer.exe

https://download.docker.com/mac/stable/Docker.dmg

4 comments

  1. [4]
    Soptik
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    Didn't verify, but what a shitty move from them. It's almost simmilar when nvidia required you to have an account to manage your gpu drivers. There was an option that, for example, automatically...

    Didn't verify, but what a shitty move from them. It's almost simmilar when nvidia required you to have an account to manage your gpu drivers. There was an option that, for example, automatically set display settings for almost all games so you get good framerate and the best possible graphics. That was nice feature, but now - it's locked behind give-us-your-email.

    I wonder why companies do this and risk alienating their userbase - I don't think they are selling the data, that would be catastrophic for pr, - high risk with not so high reward.

    7 votes
    1. [2]
      meghan
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      Tildes is well aware of this kind of behavior and @Deimos wrote that he would specifically not do it because companies that do are "usually 'growth hacking'—trying to boost their user numbers by...

      Tildes is well aware of this kind of behavior and @Deimos wrote that he would specifically not do it because companies that do are "usually 'growth hacking'—trying to boost their user numbers by using tricks to force people to register even if they don't really want to"
      https://docs.tildes.net/technical-goals#no-limits-to-logged-out-browsing

      7 votes
      1. Akir
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        It was only a matter of time before this kind of behavior started. Docker has taken in a lot of VC funding. There is a reason why I don't like to invest my time in open source enterprise...

        It was only a matter of time before this kind of behavior started. Docker has taken in a lot of VC funding.

        There is a reason why I don't like to invest my time in open source enterprise applications and frameworks that take VC funding; they tend to make sudden confounding changes to the way they operate. My work has had me dealing with Magento, an application that later got sold to PayPal, spun off into it's own company, had it's codebase completely rewritten (creating tremendous instability and security issues in the process), and then sold again to Adobe. Though, to be fair, Docker is a much better program than Magento in every possible measure.

        4 votes