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Re:Podman Desktop celebrates 500k downloads by andrewmutz on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:10PM (#37217347)
> Seems like they can afford it.

This is a low bar for ethical business practices.

If lure people to my ecosystem with low prices and then jack them up later when the switching costs are high, it's fine if they can afford it?

If the electric company jacked their rates by 10X for consumers who make over 100K a year would that be fine since "they can afford it"?

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Re:Podman Desktop celebrates 500k downloads by memefrog on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @12:24AM (#37218665)
Yes, because they would lose all their customers to their competitors, which is exactly what has happened to Docker.
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Re:Podman Desktop celebrates 500k downloads by skinner927 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @01:45AM (#37219101)
Electric company is a bad comparison because they’re a utility and you usually can’t switch.

If grocery store A started charging $30 for walking into the store, you better bet everyone’s gonna head to grocery store B.

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