I agree with you, however I think it's even simpler than that: the author is comparing Go to rust, but it's not comparing it to the places where it shines, that is, where Java, ruby, js, python are used.

Now suddenly we go from a poor type system (Java) to a decent one in Go (this is my personal opinion). Or from no type system to SOME type system. On top of this, we are getting all the benefits of a compiled language.

Essentially this is looking Go as a system language, while I think of it as an application language.

Aside from that, the author is right in some ways.