[phillipcarter]

> If everyone cares enough for the bigger picture, the community and existing vendors should get more involved in improving things rather than just complaining.

Speaking as one of these maintainers, I would absolutely love it if even half of the vendors who depend heavily on OTel contributed back to the project that enables their business.

My own employer has done this for years now (including hiring people specifically so they can continue to contribute), and we're only at about 200 employees total. I like to imagine how complete the project would feel if Google or AWS contributed to the same degree relative to the size of their business units that depend on OTel.