Typescript is completely open source (Apache 2.0 licensed) and all of its roadmap, planning, issue tracking, peer reviewing, is also out in the open (in GitHub Issues). It's about as "controlled" by Microsoft as Linux is "controlled" by Red Hat at this point.
OK, but the point of comparison was Dart/Flutter, which I suppose is similarly open.
Open source does not mean that it's not controlled by a single person or organization. It's not meant as a critique though, as the alternative I guess is a language designed by committee, which has its own problems.
