> I would always pick an incremental batch load with a cursor value over a CDC connection.

What's the benefit vs. something like Postgres's logical replication for CDC? IMO, the hard part of CDC is maintaining consistency in the face of potential network issues or downstream slowdowns. One is forced to choose between scylla: generate excess trx logs if replication slows, and charybdis: lose consistency. I don't see how an open transaction helps here?