NPM Bans Terminal Ads

Key part of the article: " According to these upcoming updates, npm will ban:

Packages that display ads at runtime, on installation, or at other stages of the software development lifecycle, such as via npm scripts.

Packages with code that can be used to display ads are fine. Packages that themselves display ads are not.

Packages that themselves function primarily as ads, with only placeholder or negligible code, data, and other technical content. "

I wonder where they will draw the line with the last point.

Is there a package to convert all Internet ads to simple console messages? I would be down with that package.

The rationale from the author of the package who adding advertising is enlightening and definitely worth reading.

https://feross.org/funding-experiment-recap/

I’m surprised Feross was the catalyst here. From his Youtube Instant days always struck me as the type who appreciated and championed FOSS. Seems he decided that the F in FOSS might be, erm, “reinterpreted,” much the way the notion of “free” has been by modern web companies.