I have used GWT on two from scratch front ends within the last 8 months. All of your points are true and well written, but at the end of the day, I don't want

I have used GWT on two from scratch front ends within the last 8 months. All of your points are true and well written, but at the end of the day, I don't want to write and maintain large apps in JavaScript (or really in any dynamically typed language for that matter). GWT is still the best way to avoid that.