The state of JavaScript modules

Is this an actual problem? Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm willing to bet 99% of all npm packages never get downloaded. Shitty modules can live there with their 0 downloads in the last day as far as I'm concerned.

Regarding this bit: "Remember Google’s Polymer? Angular 1? Express? Perhaps the creators of these kinds of tester projects which get abandoned if they don’t pan out should be more transparent about their intentions."

Angular 1 and Express did not pan out? Not only do I remember them, I maintain half a dozen enterprise applications that use them. Is he actually mentioning Express as an example of a failed module that should not have been published?