> I disagree with strongly on multiple levels

Fair enough, but what are those disagreements? I was fully in the camp of not liking it, just because it was shoved down every projects throat. I used it, it turns out its fantastic once you get used to the syntax, and it replaced almost all other languages for me.

I just want to know if there are any actual pain points beyond syntax preference.

Edit: I partially agree with the compiler argument, but it's open source, and one of the main reasons the language is so fantastic IS the compiler, so I can stomach installing rustc and cargo.