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>Did they say from the beginning "Hey, it's free forever!" * ? If they made it explicit that it is free forever, then I would agree with your stance that Docke
by ChuckNorris89 5y ago
>Did they say from the beginning "Hey, it's free forever!" * ?
If they made it explicit that it is free forever, then I would agree with your stance that Docker in the wrong. *
Well sorry but free without any conditions attached, becomes free as in beer. If I give you a shiny toy for free no strings attached, I can't come back to your house later and ask for money for it because I didn't specify how long it would be free. If I didn't specify the conditions of the 'free', then I goofed up.
If they didn't put any conditions on the duration of the 'free' from the start and is causing them to loose money, then either they were financially stupid from the start or, more likely, they wanted to pull the classic SV success scam where you bait customers into a free* product for years, burning endless cash to capture the market, and when customers become locked in thanks to the 'free', and you are the de-facto standard with no competition left, start rent seeking.
- Isthatablackgsd 5y agoI has been searching for Docker pricing information about various licenses and I came across mutliple snapshot from Wayback and it clearly show they are charging for the support and various thing. It dated way back to 2015, commercial entities already paying for the support back then. It been there for years! To be clear, Free (as in personal-use license) accounts have been FREE to use and it still free. It just that other licenses are not and Docker been charging those other licenses for years. And people complaining about the "bait-and-switch" that occurred few years ago while Docker has been charging for non-free licenses way before that. Huh?