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So is Docker going to now maintain all the base images themselves or do they rely on the community to provide those for free?

Also, announced on 31.08, effective 31.08 (albeit grace period…)

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I think you wrote the announced and effective dates twice. Effective date being 31 of January as far as I can tell. The whole point of Docker monetizing Docker Desktop is so that they can continue to be funded to maintain the base images themselves. That's the primary sell point of DockerHub.

No, the original link was: https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/.

The page reads as follows:

> These new terms take effect August 31, 2021, and there is a grace period until January 31, 2022 for those who require a paid subscription…

So: announced 31.08, effective 31.08 (albeit grace period).

To add to this, I have received their email with this announcement after after 2pm CEST on 31.08. This must have been an unplanned decision.

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