Private fields received more community pushback than any other JS feature by a huge margin (they even got more pushback than type coercion did). The spec commi

Private fields received more community pushback than any other JS feature by a huge margin (they even got more pushback than type coercion did). The spec committee gave the community the middle finger and did it anyway. Now we’re stuck with yet another giant footgun from their hubris. Because it’s so new, maybe they should just consider removing it from the spec.