Feature request! Could this automatically figure out which country the package is from, then impose the at-that-time current tariff? And maybe work out whether the dev is in USA or outside.
A best effort is fine! (Actually, mid effort is probably better; more true to the source)
There should be a method to impose base tarrifs of 10% by default on all packages. Even if you are not importing non-existent packages from the penguin Islands.
I don't have a horse in the white house race. I'm not even american, so my voice don't count here. But I wish developers would refrain from using the languages tooling to voice political opinions. At least this package I can ignore... but the last time I used npm my terminal looked like both a blend of a protest march and a craigslist page, completely drowning the relevant informations.
OTOH you're fortunate enough not to have to worry about US/world politics _and_ all these people have written a bunch of code for you for free. So there's that...
The point of a protest march is that it takes place in infrastructure that people need to use for other stuff & that it's hard to ignore. It's not just the expression of a political opinion, it's a form of activism—a way to push for change by making it uncomfortable for things to remain as they are. It's meant to be annoying.
Yeah. I feel there's a kind of eternal serenity to be found in truly apolitical works. For everyone to put their connection to Today aside and share in something timeless---that really feels like genuine connection to others.
I feel it's dehumanising to expect people to provide free work and hide their lived struggles. There are trans people contributing top notch code to the community - I don't want them to feel like they have to hide their existence and the ongoing persecution of their kind and produce apolitical code just because it makes some people uncomfortable to see somebody else suffer.
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