The premise is false. Interest in containers has steadily grown over time. For example: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=docker,kube

The premise is false. Interest in containers has steadily grown over time. For example: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=docker,kubernetes https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... I don't have great data for it but I strongly suspect usage of containers is going up steadily over time as well, with Amazon, Google, and other cloud services all adding more container support to their product lines.