It’s not “wrong”, but it’s annoying. They’re asking me to invest into their platform, but they’re also constantly increasing the price and/or making it more restrictive. This makes it hard for me to understand the long term cost of a commitment.
Seems to me that a value-add tool makes sense to commercialize. It doesn’t provide a large array of features yet, but this funding will help with that.
If you don’t find it useful enough for the fee, clearly you’re better off with CLI or alternative GUIs.
I know for me I install it, let it do its setup, and then I do everything from the Docker CLI as if I was on a linux machine.
It has k8s built in if you want to add that also.
We are not talking about a tool here that needs a ton of functionality. But they have become (seemingly at least) the standard tool to have a more consistent Docker setup on Mac or Windows compared to where it will eventually be deployed (Linux). Once you have it setup you should be using the CLI.
I feel like they are severely overestimating the software, I am anticipating several open source alternatives to quickly become available since it wouldn't (or shouldn't) change your workflow at all to put in another alternative.
Edit: TBH I often forget docker desktop is sitting there until it starts asking me to update... so this is a perfect opportunity to replace it.
Of course, they’re not charging individuals, so I’m not sure why you’re complaining.
That is not because I am not using it, but I am indirectly using it by working with the Docker CLI.
What it does is very valuable, but it is a perfect candidate to be replaced by an open source alternative as long as I can continue to use the Docker CLI.