Yes, I use npm every day. So what? You are still blaming the tool for the bad things people are doing with it. As for the taking over packages problem, that's

Yes, I use npm every day. So what? You are still blaming the tool for the bad things people are doing with it. As for the taking over packages problem, that's an easy thing to prevent. You can use the tools from npm without allowing that private company from messing you up. Download and use them locally.