This article ignores the fact that for many languages, the package repository is maintained as free software by volunteers (sometimes with funding from a foundation). This includes Perl, Python, Ruby, Rust, and many others.
NPM is the odd one out, really. I don't think letting one company control a language ecosystem's single package registry is a great idea, for all the reasons that the author notes!
NPM is the odd one out, really. I don't think letting one company control a language ecosystem's single package registry is a great idea, for all the reasons that the author notes!