This is not to say that the stats should be disregarded; just that like any other data source, it should be treated as one view of (some of) the data, with its own shortcomings.
+90% of users can use it, which is probably not high enough IMO.
My rule of thumb has been that if it's an app core to someone's job or life management, it needs to be functional for hardware/software going back 5-7 years, less if it's just entertainment or something.
Anything older than 2020 doesn't support optional chaining. Which makes sense, given it's apparently an ES2020 feature.
There's a setting to make it default in "Settings > Default display settings" but I agree it should be the default automatically. I wonder why it isn't?