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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.
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 …
Their intentions/motivations aren't the only thing that matters though, are they? People who agree with npm's actions largely do so because of the *outcome*, and I suspect most didn't even think to question their ultimate purpose.
And not being widespread? Does that matter? A couple of isolated incidents was enough to provoke a huge backlash, to judge by the HN and GitHub comments. Point being: there must be *some* basis for the broadly held viewpoint which you claim to be unthinkable.
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