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> But here's the kicker - those same teams are unlikely to use Rust anyway.

Absolutely disagree. Those are exactly the teams that will choose Rust over C++. It is well known that many shy away from writing plugins for node or python in C/C++ specifically due to the fact that they don't have enough experience with these unforgiving languages. The gap between Python/JS and C/C++ is wide and deep. But the use case is still there. If you have to improve performance of a component - Rust provides a lower barrier to entry and will be chosen by such teams.

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Erm, the teams that are using C++ and having reliability issues due to lack of memory safety are the ones that will choose Rust?

In my experience they just fix their bugs and move on with their lives. Probably you were thinking of some other teams, since you're mentioning plugins for Python.