Vendor neutrality isn’t magic: A hard look at the OpenTelemetry ecosystem
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This article examines what vendor neutrality really means in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem. It explains how OpenTelemetry standardizes telemetry instrumentation, transport, and collection so teams can switch backends without rewriting code. It also shows where neutrality ends, especially around dashboards, alerts, storage, and query languages that remain vendor-specific. The piece highlights how the Collector and OTLP enable interoperability, multi-vendor bake-offs, and more flexible observability architectures. Overall, it frames OpenTelemetry as a practical foundation for reducing lock-in while preserving choice.
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