I have been using Strapi in production for years now, and even if I’m not planning on leaving I do relate with the OP.
Personally the #issue14417 has been causing me headaches for months, every 10 image uploads my app just crashes.
And just a couple hours ago I meet an entrepreneur that used Strapi for their Startup, but hasn’t migrated because he just has to re-write his entire app.
I was also very surprised by the very heavy changes made from V3 to V4. Is ok to introduce breaking changes, but V4 broke everything. If you do the same for V5 I’m not switching.
We are a small company that just want a very opinionated backend so as long as we follow the rules, things should work, and we can relay in a big community for our questions. We are very interested in Strapi Cloud.
I’m not planning on moving away from Strapi any time soon, but I can relate OP.