I like it because I use it for MELT in general. Prometheus generally does metrics and if you want to include logs, traces and events, it becomes more cumbersome. With the Otel collector, I can just update my collector configuration to point to the various services.
I'm not saying OP can't use what you suggested, just stating what I would use.
Maybe he should go home. Our protests have paved the road to change. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't need our protection in the first place, especially for genocide.
He does.