Most of my containers end up on k8s clusters as pods. What else would one use podman or docker for beyond local dev or maybe running a local containerized service?
There are many SMB application use cases that sit somewhere on the spectrum between "self-hosted" and "enterprise" where docker/podman hit the sweet spot in terms of complexity and cost versus reliability. Containers have become a handy application packaging format (just don't tell yourself the isolation provides meaningful security on its own).