npm is a bunch of cucks. Folded to the lawyer threats immediately but ignored the authors wish to remove his work off platform, and made sure it's no longer possible?
I have to remember never to use them to share my code. God bless I'm not a node dev.
Because russia is not a democracy and an average russian is staying away from politics due to learned helplessness. Because of multiple factors, even protests won't change anything. You can call for sabotage, but that isn't what an average person would do.
Besides, their internet is far more restricted. They don't have access to twitter. They use vk and registration there essentially requires a gov id, 1 per citizen.