> If you're a C programmer and want to avoid the GC, there's nothing to be viral.

What you're suggesting is the moral equivalent of "it's easy to avoid diseases, just avoid contact with those infected", or "it's easy to avoid allergens, just avoid foods you're allergic to", or "it's easy to avoid contamination, just set up a cleanroom", or "it's easy to write deterministic code, just avoid randomness", etc.

Yes, there are things that are easy to achieve in the vacuum of outer space, but that's not where most people are interested in living.