I only say this because I'm surprised you posted another comment just linking to a comment that's already been made. Usually the practice is to add your opinion under the existing comment or upvote it. It seemed to me that you posted it again just so that your comment would be at the top of the page for the limited period that new comments hang there, in order to get more attention. And the reason I mentioned the upvotes was exactly this reason - if people actually thought this was important, they would have upvoted the original one more - you posting the exact same thing again is unnecessary and frankly should be discouraged.
Like I mentioned as a response to both your and the other comments, I explain how to install it without that shortcut directly above, so it's not too difficult to do this if you are concerned about security. In addition, it is very simple to just check the source of the link if you are suspicious. I asked in the other comment thread if it would help if I put a "view source" link next to it to make it even more convenient and nobody responded, so I figured it wasn't something people were after.
I'm not sure how to respond to your questioning it's simplicity. It's not a complex script - it checks if you have node, and if you do it installs roots. If you don't, it tells you that you need node and opens up the node.js website. It's just a little helper, not a mind-blowing, life-saving tool. Is it saving you hours upon hours of time? No. But does it make the process simpler? Yes.
The point of linking to another comment (made by someone else who is more qualified to comment around 2 years ago) is to point out how people just aren't learning.
While it may seem like it's just a convenience, these things tend to take on a life of their own. For example, Chef's "pipe to bash" installer is used by Vagrant, thereby exposing anyone using Vagrant and Chef to make a dev VM on an untrusted network (any wifi!) to who knows what being installed. But unless you read the source, you don't know about this risk.
Like I mentioned as a response to both your and the other comments, I explain how to install it without that shortcut directly above, so it's not too difficult to do this if you are concerned about security. In addition, it is very simple to just check the source of the link if you are suspicious. I asked in the other comment thread if it would help if I put a "view source" link next to it to make it even more convenient and nobody responded, so I figured it wasn't something people were after.
I'm not sure how to respond to your questioning it's simplicity. It's not a complex script - it checks if you have node, and if you do it installs roots. If you don't, it tells you that you need node and opens up the node.js website. It's just a little helper, not a mind-blowing, life-saving tool. Is it saving you hours upon hours of time? No. But does it make the process simpler? Yes.