What I like about the go.mod file is that it easily allows to remap go modules to local path folders. This way I can have a backup of the dependencies wherever

What I like about the go.mod file is that it easily allows to remap go modules to local path folders. This way I can have a backup of the dependencies wherever I want, even when not using "go mod vendor" (which I like also a lot tbh). So I don't understand the critic in the article, you cannot solve this problem efficiently other than putting everything on a blockchain, which will waste a lot of hard drive space.