V's author is paying others to write things in V (even when basic functionalities don't work as advertised). They don't want to improve the language, they want to create a showcase to attract more funding, that's about it.
As far as I'm concerned, V works as described in their documentation. As with any language, there are some specifics that are subject to interpretation or debate, but that is to be expected.
And, V is not doing anything that other languages also try to do in terms of sponsors and investors to sustain progress, increase popularity, or make improvements.
Really? Can you explain to me how memory management works in V?
Autofree will not be the default until version 0.3 of the language. Autofree inserts free calls during compilation, and the rest is managed by RC. V will be giving users 3 choices: GC, Autofree, or manual. Those people that actually use the language, would already know this.
This is mentioned on both the website and in the documentation, and any confused users can simply ask on discord (https://discord.com/invite/vlang) or the GitHub discussion (https://github.com/vlang/v/discussions).
EDIT:
> which works, but you have to know what you are doing
This does not feel very convincing...
Aren't you the part of the core team who bans anyone on discord who asks questions about V's memory management?