This is a good question. From my observations, it feels like half the community is just following the "LTS" releases (11, and 17 next month). And then the other

This is a good question. From my observations, it feels like half the community is just following the "LTS" releases (11, and 17 next month). And then the other 50% is split between chasing the current release and forever being stuck on 8. It's really sad because JDK 8 really is an antiquated runtime. You're doing a disservice to your developers, users, and your $$ if you're still running it.