OpenTelemetry has become the standard for generating telemetry in cloud-native systems, but instrumentation alone does not guarantee observability. This article explains the difference between OpenTelemetry-compatible and OpenTelemetry-native approaches, using a Kubernetes-based Minecraft example to show how transparency in the OpenTelemetry Collector and observability pipeline improves debugging, preserves context, and restores trust in telemetry data.

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