Exactly. Docker made it sure they were in the critical path. If you compare to Debian or Ubuntu packages, same use case, they have full support for mirror. Whe

Exactly. Docker made it sure they were in the critical path. If you compare to Debian or Ubuntu packages, same use case, they have full support for mirror. When you run a debian VM in the cloud it's automatically connecting to the AWS debian mirror to pull packages. Everyone wins. Docker distribution was designed to keep docker the company in control, not to have mirrors. Naturally it's getting substituted by competitors because they have no other choice.