I don't think the issue is piracy per se. People want the ability to compile down the JS into native code for obfuscation reasons to prevent/discourage derivati

I don't think the issue is piracy per se. People want the ability to compile down the JS into native code for obfuscation reasons to prevent/discourage derivative works. I know you can do that to some extent by minifying your JS code and I also know that no obfuscation or compilation technique is going to 100% prevent derivative works, but it helps a lot and it's a feature that many wish the Electron team would look into. NW.js has it, but it's super hacky as it uses (abuses) the V8 snapshot feature to deliver the functionality, seriously degrading performance in the process.