When we first announced our plans to streamline AWX releases, we made it clear that our goal isn’t to offer an exact replica of our commercial product for free. Instead we want to define the future of AWX with input and direct collaboration from the community.
Forgive my skepticism, but it sounds a little like a repeat of the CentOS to CentOS Stream transition (except maybe worse, because at least Stream can be a somewhat useful stand-in for RHEL)?
(Edit: the point being, many community members do just want “free Tower”, basically, and will be forced to use a third party tool in lieu of a supported first party option. I don’t pretend to understand the intricacies of Red Hat’s situation, but it feels like one of those “first you came for CentOS, and I said nothing, then you came for AWX, and I said nothing. Now you come for Ansible…”).
I still hold out hope Ansible releases won’t go this way.