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Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.