Just because it's the most requested feature doesn't mean it's a majority, it's not even close:

> Among the 26% of respondents who said Go lacks language features they need, 88% selected generics as a critical missing feature.

From https://go.dev/blog/survey2020-results

Most folks I work with are among the 74% who are content with the language and are mostly cautious of the complexity associated with generics.