Interesting reaction. This could also be interpreted as making it _more_ reputable, by removing abuse and cruft, allowing engineering time to be focused on things that provide value to end users.
I'm not sure if I misunderstand the limits[1], but I want my customers to be able to pull the image as many times as they need. While this may help with the concern about quality of images, it still leaves the rate limiting unresolved.
[1] https://www.docker.com/increase-rate-limits