IMO most users do require the newer versions because we made critical changes to how key things work and perform. I cannot in good faith recommend running anything but the latest release.
That's exactly why people (including me) tend to like LTS - no critical changes till next release. Upgrades for security with minimal surprises. I go further and often use unattended-upgrades on my Ubuntu fleet. I don't wanna version bumping until I explicitly ask for it as much as possible.
A lot of users require stability and this is how stable software distribution works. Only security fixes get backported, but no functional changes. It is unfortunate that Caddy hasn't adopted a segregated LTS and non-LTS approach, but that's not Debian's fault.
