> I'm well aware of supply chain attacks. But this isn't a supply chain attack. If it were, the article would be way more interesting.

It's an article that includes coverage of the exposure to supply chain attacks, mainly via directly linking in https://lonelycpp.github.io/react-native-youtube-iframe/ifra.... You seem to be flippantly dismissing this as insignificant given the people who are probably running this app.

> HN isn't supposed to be an especially political website.

Yes but when technology and politics cross paths...