Why the fuck do I need an account to download JDK

fuck off

OpenJDK doesn't need any acc. It's open

It's good that it's behind a registration so you don't accidentally use it instead of openJDK.

Because you are not the owner

You only need to login to download non current versions iirc

But yeah, just use openjdk it's literally the same codebase

@12bitfloat it's not the same. OpenJDK is a reference implementation of the Java spec. Oracle JDK/JRE is OpenJDK stuffed with Oracle's proprietary commercial features (noone's actually using them) and telemetry and a price tag.

@netikras Oh I didn't actually know the Oracle vm came with extra features

But for all intents and purposes the important thing is the same

I haven't checked in a long time (fortunately), but I don't think it's so bad requiring an account to download old versions.

Yes, I get it's a hassle for users, but nothing a minute in tempmail doesn't solve, and having been in that position, it's invaluable information for a company having data not on people -as in, personal data- but how many people still use old JDKs, so deprecation decisions can be made more informed.

because they want to know you... because they simply can.

@electrineer hahah, for real.