Apple, Google, and Microsoft all employ very many competent programmers. But they share the problem that they need to hire many more programmers than are both competent and eager to work for them, and so must make do for the rest. It is a much easier task to select a place to work with competent colleagues. Thus, there is no inconsistency.

Perfection is not needed. Ordinary good code suffices. Good code using modern C++, or current Rust, is easier than in older languages (among which count older C++). When bad code is extra work, it becomes an unattractive alternative even to the lazy, leaving its production mainly to the masochistic and the aggressively incompetent, who are often the same.

So the ideal programmer matra that C folks keep stating that has unfortunely taited the C++ community, despite the facts of security exploits and no such people actually existing for the last 40 years.

Here is the thing, when the ISO C++ leaders, and major C++ contributors, push for a change, it is time to start doing some self reflection.

It would help discussion a great deal if you were to actually read what you are about to reply to, and reply to that, rather than just making up something entirely unrelated that you wish had been said instead, and then spouting foolish remarks about something no one has seen or said.