Not true at all; With Node.js I don't have to wait for a browser to update, and V8 is often up-to-date with the latest stuff. And as a full-time JS dev, I have

Not true at all; With Node.js I don't have to wait for a browser to update, and V8 is often up-to-date with the latest stuff. And as a full-time JS dev, I have not gotten the feeling that the transpiler authors get to determine what's in the language. Honestly if they add anything that isn't destined to be part of the spec, I wouldn't use it because then you're tied into that transpiler for good.