Yes Docker seems to be struggling as a company. But I doubt Podman has anything to do with it. The adoption of Docker open-source tools is massive and 99% of its users have never heard of podman or any other clones, and likely never will. The problem is simply that those tools are free, and Docker has failed to convert the success of their free tools into a successful business.
It’s partly open source and partly freeware. They could just make docker for windows/mac a paid software. I would pay for it if they would listen more to the community when a bug is found. They seem to ignore many bugs Docker Desktop on GitHub. I like about the podman Tools that there is a community effort from Red Hat. It’s not 100% compatible with docker and probably never will. So I will just hope that Microsoft or Canonical buys Docker and make it more open to the Community.
