Also, Node 12 supported ESM somewhat fine, you just had to use the --experimental-modules flag for Node. If you still have to support Node 12 in 2023 for some odd reason, you probably shouldn't have a problem enabling an experimental flag to support more modern libraries.
Node 10 was truly the last LTS that had zero ESM support, and that support ended 2 and a half years ago.
Node 10 was truly the last LTS that had zero ESM support, and that support ended 2 and a half years ago.