You don't typically run sshd in containers, instead you only run whatever single service you set up your container for.

Sure there are native Alpine installs too, but that is far less common of a use case.

Who's out there running sshd inside a docker container? It's almost MORE work than exec-ing into the container.

Alpine in containers is usually not affected. Most images/containers haven't ssh/sshd installed at all. Remote access is usually done from the host system.