> It’s not crazy for authors of small packages to form small collectives and serve as each others’ trusted third parties.
Yeah, there's that insane entitlement. More demands for others' time and labor, plus the conflation between you demanding labor vs if people don't agree to your free labor demands, they're pro supply chain compromise.
In a general discussion forum, I have floated some approaches for hardening distribution which have proven effective in other communities. If NPM can harden their systems using other mechanisms, then more power to them.