Just got an email thanking me for being a 5-node/free user, but Portainer isn’t free and I need to stop being a cheap-ass and pay them because blah blah economic times enshittification blah blah blah.
I’ve moved off them a while ago, but figured I’d see if they emailed EVERYONE about this?
A good time to ditch them if you haven’t, I suppose.
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Wait.
Does Portainer ask your email? I haven’t used it in years. I though it was just a container that you run, with mounted docker socket, and that’s it.
Is it now doing some “telemetry” and sending user data, like email, to their servers? If so, I’m glad I’m not using that anymore.
portainer sucks anyways. shells dont work really. dockGE is free. https://github.com/louislam/dockge
I am very happy with dockge!
I use portainer, but I don’t think I ever gave them my information. How would they even have my email?
If you register for a free 5-node license, you have to enter your contact data.
So dumb. How many hobbyists will pay that? A tiny fraction. Then in 4-5 years these guys will be sitting around wondering why their new business customer numbers fell off a cliff.
Don’t bite the hand that proselytizes for you at the office.
That’s the business ed not the community. There’s no limit in aware of in the community ed
I dont ever recall giving portainer my real email.
I’ve never really seen why portainer is used beyond a shiny UI. Docker compose file is enough for me
Being a terminal purist is wonderful for those of us who live our lives deep in the caverns of Linux, but in actual production use you very often find situations where less technical users have to interact with the systems that we build.
For my work, I need a way for low level tech support and technicians to go in and restart a container from time to time, and these people curl up in a ball and scream if you show them a command prompt. Having a UI removes a lot of friction.
Why would you bother? Portainer isn’t anything very useful for Docker. Set up your compose files and go to bed.
Lazydocker if you need an SSH TUI.
