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Aozi ◴[] No.21190660[source]
What we need is a JS developer to take down an important package from NPM in protest, thus breaking the Internet again.
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byte1918 ◴[] No.21190743[source]
The NPM fiasco should no longer be possible

If you want to unpublish a package after 72 hours have passed, contact npm Support. For more information about why we don’t allow users to unpublish packages after 72 hours, see our unpublish policy.

https://docs.npmjs.com/unpublishing-packages-from-the-regist...

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celticninja ◴[] No.21190798[source]
Could you just publish garbage instead?
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1. jpangs88 ◴[] No.21190869{3}[source]
Versioned garbage, but yeah you could. It would just make a new version not work which isn't as harmful as taking away a package.