The reason Rubygems causes so much ire is that it is at a choke-point in the ruby ecosystem. Not every gem is actively maintained, so just fix the gems is easy

The reason Rubygems causes so much ire is that it is at a choke-point in the ruby ecosystem. Not every gem is actively maintained, so just fix the gems is easy to say, harder to do. The rubgems maintainers are in a position to practically destroy Ruby's usefulness overnight by making frequent changes and deprecations, causing every installation to become a debugging nightmare and destroying millions of man-hours. To be sure, the emotional drama is boring, but the stakes are real.