Aren't most big desktop apps like office on PC still written in C++? Same with almost all AAA games. And the operating system itself. Browsers are written in C

Aren't most big desktop apps like office on PC still written in C++? Same with almost all AAA games. And the operating system itself. Browsers are written in C++ and javascript has full-blown GC. I don't see how refcounting gives you advantage over manual memory management for most users.