I don't agree at all. The current trend is for cloud providers to create k8s operators as a way to lock you in by using cloud services in the background. The Sp

I don't agree at all. The current trend is for cloud providers to create k8s operators as a way to lock you in by using cloud services in the background. The Spark Operator for Kubernetes is one example of this that was created by Google. It seems like all the major clouds are doing it (I don't actually have an Azure example, but I imagine you could find some).