They point is the same for Chrome - "should" is a wish, not a description of reality, so if you care about users using old versions, you use a fallback method.
Also don't you have stats by version number, what is extra non-arbitrary about LTS?
With Firefox (ESRs are at 102 and even 52) and, to an extent, Safari (tied to iOS releases) there are non-arbitrary baselines, where you know what kind and size of the audience you additionally cover by staying away from newer features.