The existence of cross-compilers (even popular ones) does not make a language "like assembly". Javascript is still overwhelmingly written in Javascript.
'People are using it like assembly' does mean that all or even a significant fraction of people are doing that. It's sufficient that a noticeable number of people are doing it and there are tens if not hundreds of projects that compile other languages to Javascript.
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The existence of cross-compilers (even popular ones) does not make a language "like assembly". Javascript is still overwhelmingly written in Javascript.
'People are using it like assembly' does mean that all or even a significant fraction of people are doing that. It's sufficient that a noticeable number of people are doing it and there are tens if not hundreds of projects that compile other languages to Javascript.