I agree that this is what I would want to use, but doesn't the lack of any kind of specialized switching hardware make it uncompetitive in terms of price/power

I agree that this is what I would want to use, but doesn't the lack of any kind of specialized switching hardware make it uncompetitive in terms of price/power consumption/speed? I have on order a mikrotik rb5009UG+S+, which has nine gigabit ethernet ports, one 2.5 gigabit ethernet port, and a 10g sfp+ cage. It has zero fans and benchmarks show it capable of 10 gigabit routing. It costs less than $200. I love vyos, and I would definitely prefer an open source router. But people I talk to love their mikrotik products. It doesn't seem like the old ones are being abandoned.