Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

It's disingenuous to claim that "programmers choose to not write memory-safe" code. Bugs are (almost) never intentional.

But you're far more likely to get cut when playing with knives than with spoons.

Meanwhile, in the world I where I spend most of my F/OSS (and often, professional) time, the majority of the code I write is what other language consider inherently "unsafe". It's probably fair to say that C is the least-worst option.