It doesn't "spew stuff all over the place". Docker runs as a service. It's like complaining that after you install nginx it's constantly running. And it occupie

It doesn't "spew stuff all over the place". Docker runs as a service. It's like complaining that after you install nginx it's constantly running. And it occupies port 80! Yeah, that's the service you installed. Stop the service if you don't want it running.