That is mainly NPM's problem of not forcing namespacing in form of username/package_name. Namesquatting wouldn't be a problem. Those "stupid" libraries - well, nobody forces anyone to use them, they are oftentimes polyfills that were required in the past and are obsolete now. It's up to project owners to update their dependencies and remove legacy stuff. I don't see a problem really, maybe with the exception of namesquatting. Essentially, if you find library useless - don't use it. If at least one person found a use for it - it is not useless. No need for gatekeeping.
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That is mainly NPM's problem of not forcing namespacing in form of
username/package_name. Namesquatting wouldn't be a problem. Those "stupid" libraries - well, nobody forces anyone to use them, they are oftentimes polyfills that were required in the past and are obsolete now. It's up to project owners to update their dependencies and remove legacy stuff. I don't see a problem really, maybe with the exception of namesquatting. Essentially, if you find library useless - don't use it. If at least one person found a use for it - it is not useless. No need for gatekeeping.