Why is D unpopular?

[Walter Bright]

On 5/1/2022 3:57 AM, Paulo Pissas wrote:
> The reason I dropped D after over 6 years of using it exclusively, was a loss of 
> belief in the direction, and the fact that after many years, not a lot had 
> improved in regards to frictions for the busy programmer. It really felt like an 
> enthusiasts' project, and not really an effort to build a widely adopted tool.

What friction was there that other languages you switched to did not have?