I agree with the author 100%. I personally never use npm directly for search. I also prefer to just use google as a start, and usually find the github results t

I agree with the author 100%. I personally never use npm directly for search. I also prefer to just use google as a start, and usually find the github results there more appealing. I realize it’s not npm’s prerogative to satisfy what I like, but I don’t really understand their motivations either. A basic account costs $5-15/month for what I feel is a critical ecosystem service as the author puts it. It feels like the quality of the UI is related to this cheaper price, when I for one would pay much more for a better experience. It feels like they are selling themselves short for the importance they have achieved. It kind of feels like either the original product managers lost motivation, or they’ve become too big to have people that really care. (Or have to say this, they are just stuck up hardcore devs that don’t care about the real world) I’m definitely not ranting and appreciate npm, but wanted to write my feedback here in case it’s read by them.