It is important to have a code base that an inexperienced programmer can work on.

Keeping track of memory is one of the hardest parts of programming in languages like C, a bit easier in C++ (thanks RAII) but still memory leaks are rampant.

Rust improves in some aspects, but I do not think it is a language for inexperienced programmers.

So where garbage collection pauses are tolerable, and real time performance not an issue, save the money and use garbage collection.

I too hate garbage collectors, I want to be in control. But the business case is clear: garbage collected languages are a better choice in a lot, f not most, cases.