So, public sector here. We use Honeycomb with OTel and it's most definitely solving our problems. It's incredible being able to see traces up and down our whole stack and pinpoint where an issue is.
You sound like you're trying to have it both ways: "OTel solves a problem that is irrelevant unless you're massive" but also "well of COURSE it can work if you're not massive, how massive are you?"
There are tons of startups and other not-fortune-x00 orgs benefitting from what OTel provides. Your claim that OTel is irrelevant outside fortune-x00 cos is very clearly not true.
I don't agree that OTel delivers value to not-fortune-x00 orgs. It's bloatware and whatever benefits it delivers are more cheaply achieved with other solutions.
