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This was a single project (two if you count core-js). It was not an epidemic. There would have been ample time until/if this was rampant. npm inc have not been proactive in these issues before, so this action is particularly odd.
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Even if you disagreed with the funding experiment, I don't know how anyone can support npm banning ads. npm inc is profiting off of the work of others and denying them the opportunity to explore funding avenues. This sets a bad precedent.https://www.zdnet.com/article/npm-bans-terminal-ads/ …
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Stop arguing about ads in your terminal. That is beside the point. I do not want to debate that. I am criticising the decision of npm inc to place arbitrary constraints on what a package can do (outside of malware etc).
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I'm trying my best to imagine what it'd feel like to care about ads flashing by in my terminal but I'm honestly drawing a blank. How is this even possible? How is it possible to care about this? Especially when the beneficiary could be under-appreciated volunteer OSS devs
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Especially since Yarn already suppresses postinstall stdout and stderr unless the exit code fails the install. Solved problem technically, and no heavy handed censorship of the platform.
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How yarn suppressing the output and not showing ads is better than npm suppressing the ads ? What you do is pure trolling in my opinion
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One is hiding it st the client level, the other is censoring package publishing. Don’t accuse me of trolling.
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Do you *really* mean "don't know how anyone"? Probably something to do with npm stopping an annoyance that could easily have proliferated into a "tragedy-of-the-commons" situation. I imagine they're the same people who support browsers suppressing pop-ups, use ad blockers etc.
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This wasn't widespread at all, and I do not believe that npm inc are motivated by the same reasons as either "side" of the conversationhttps://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1167521385695985664 …
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Ads are a security risk and allowing them will incentivize all of the awful things that come with ads (eg impression tracking). Nipping that in the bud is the only responsible move.
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And if you’re that desperate hit me up for a few cents then make me register/pay for an api key or whatever
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