How much am I expected to charitably interpret the joke? They said "only", I'm taking it at face value because it's obviously intended to be commentary and the

How much am I expected to charitably interpret the joke? They said "only", I'm taking it at face value because it's obviously intended to be commentary and the obvious implication is that this issue is unique to NPM (as that's the whole point of the Onion article). I'm well aware of the Onion reference.