They threw DB[s] and Kafka into the mix. Python would get them the same net gain, if not more, with less dev cost. Python's I/O workloads perform on par with Go/NodeJS (See FastAPIs 3rd party quarterly benchmarks as an example).

If they rebrand Python to Metal or some other name, people would recommend it left and right. It's just suffering from bandwagon criticism. Yet it remains one of the top 3 languages for years, covering several domains.