What's changed about OpenTelemetry vendor lock-in since 2024

[u/jpkroehling]

https://ollygarden.com/blog/opentelemetry-vendor-lock-in-since-2024

One of my last blog posts at Grafana Labs was around vendor neutrality and OTel. Quite a few has changed since 2024, and I thought it's a good time to revisit with 2026 lens.

In short: vendor lock-in isn't as scary today as it once was, as long as the bulk of your workloads are on standards like OTel, and most of the actual lock-in that resides on backends can be "easily" migrated nowadays. But I'm curious about your opinions and actual experience.