Endpoint Detection and Response has been the premier IR, hunting, and investigation technology for over a decade, but it feels different in 2025. The same architecture that made EDR great now weighs it down: half-gig agents, 90-day telemetry windows, and kernel drivers that can blue-screen a fleet. EDR isn’t broken, it’s complete. The next frontier won’t be new EDRs, but specialized, lightweight bolt-ons that fill the gaps EDR can’t.