I don't really agree. It's mostly setup done once. Like configuring it and for example attaching some span generator to the library you use to talk with the dat

I don't really agree. It's mostly setup done once. Like configuring it and for example attaching some span generator to the library you use to talk with the database. Then future queries get it "for free". And just a single line if you want something custom if you have an annotation in java or using with in python for instance.