This is mostly a non-issue, and anyone that relied on Docker Hub retaining images for their business (not directly related to Docker) stability, should really take a close look at themselves.
Years ago, anyone using Maven remembers what happened when the Codehaus repository went offline. It taught a very valuable lesson - do not rely on external 3rd parties for your productivity.
As a result, having worked in two companies that use Docker extensively - both have our own, internal, private Docker registries. Both act as a proxy to Docker Hub (so work as a pull-through-cache).
This also gives my current employer the ability to pull upstream changes only when we deem it appropriate - so if someone maliciously alters an image, we don't automatically get malicious code running in our Production systems.
Docker can (and should) delete any images as they see fit, for any reason they wish. All good developers understand "separation of concerns" - Docker's disk space usage on their own servers is none of our business, especially when they provide services for free.
This is mostly a non-issue, and anyone that relied on Docker Hub retaining images for their business (not directly related to Docker) stability, should really take a close look at themselves.
Years ago, anyone using Maven remembers what happened when the Codehaus repository went offline. It taught a very valuable lesson - do not rely on external 3rd parties for your productivity.
As a result, having worked in two companies that use Docker extensively - both have our own, internal, private Docker registries. Both act as a proxy to Docker Hub (so work as a pull-through-cache).
This also gives my current employer the ability to pull upstream changes only when we deem it appropriate - so if someone maliciously alters an image, we don't automatically get malicious code running in our Production systems.
Docker can (and should) delete any images as they see fit, for any reason they wish. All good developers understand "separation of concerns" - Docker's disk space usage on their own servers is none of our business, especially when they provide services for free.
Agreed. There is no impact on business account but free account holders will have. Thanks 👍
Most businesses that pull images from Docker Hub do so on the free accounts.