I've written a lot of C code and to me Go is like a high level C with some sharp corners removed and a GC. Maybe I don't see the limitations in Go as a problem because of this. Have done quite a bit of C++ as well. I prefer simpler languages that I can keep in my head and like C and Go for that reason.

Do I prefer it to rust? I've not bothered to learn rust yet. I think I would like it better than C++ but it's a bit large for my taste. I like to see the language level as an abstraction level that I want to be able to keep entirely in my head. I fear that rust (just as C++) may have too many features for that.