The whole point of "no nullability bombs" is to make it obvious in the type system when the value might be not present, and force that to be handled.

Javascript:

  let x = foo();
  if (x.bar) { ... } // might blow up

  let x = foo(); // type of x is Foo | undefined
  if (x === undefined) { ...; return; } // I am forced to handle this
  if (x.bar) { ... } // this is now safe, as Typescript knows x can only be a Foo now