[arcatek]

> what's being done to make this the default behavior in node and deprecate node_modules proper

My hope is that PnP proves that this approach can work and raises the stakes for Node to implement APIs that would allow for a better integration. It's a long term plan and we have yet to prove ourselves on the long run, but I'm quite confident :)

> If you remove support for them

I don't think we'll ever remove support for them. I'll personally advocate for them not to be used because of their subpar developer experience, but apart from that it won't cost us much to support them.