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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by mikl on Saturday August 31, 2019 @02:14AM (#20844861)
That was the correct thing to do. Considering how many npm packages the average project consumes, having even a single line of advertising for each would make npm a pain in the ass to use, and people would be looking for ways to block the ads.
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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by gerogerke on Saturday August 31, 2019 @08:30AM (#20845919)
Clearly, you didn't read the article from the original author. Ads were deduplicated, so only a single ad was shown, even if 500 deps used the funding dependency.
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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by mikl on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:21PM (#20849432)
That’s a big _if_. Until now, each package with ads have rolled their own, and since there’s probably more money to be had that way, there’s no reason that would not continue.
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