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by tkiolp4 372 days ago
How come this is related to JS only? Like, if I own a python/rust/go/whatever public package named XYZ and later a company named XYZ forces me to release the package because of trademark issues, and I cannot do but obey, all my packages may run the same luck, so anybody relying on them would be screwed.

I don’t see how the size of the package matters here.
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another-dave 372 days ago
To your point, in JVM the convention is to package based on domain name so you don't have this type of issue.

But I think the GP's point is that the cultural in other ecosystems didn't lean as heavily into "there's a package for that®" as JS does

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vb-8448 372 days ago
I think the issue is that JS force you to have hundreds, or even thousands, dependencies. Python and other language have a richer std library and more "general purpose" packages, so the total number of dependencies is lower.
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