As far as I understand, v8 doesn&#x27;t care about node, and would never think twice about doing something that breaks the entire node ecosystem if it makes Chrome slightly faster. FWIW, they aren&#x27;t even &quot;wrong&quot;: it makes sense to me. What is interesting here is not &quot;competition&quot; but &quot;someone who builds  a JavaScript engine wants you as a user&quot;.