rollups are just better than lightning. rollups don't use payment channels and this is why they have fewer limitations. you can start your wallet on a rollup and never ever touch mainnet and still retain self-custody. the UX of onboarding a new user with rollups is clearly superior.

you can't have self-custody on lightning without doing a transaction on mainnet first. and as you use your self-custody lightining wallet, you periodically have to top off your channels with even more onchain transactions. lightning does not spare you from paying onchain fees. it just kind of makes it so you can get away with doing onchain transactions less often. the UX of lightning is lacking because of the requirement to make onchain transactions or sacrifice self-custody. bitcoin maxis need to finally learn that this is a false choice.

rollups are also compatible with hardware wallets and cold storage. and since there are no payment channels, you can send any amount and it will make its way to the destination without any routing issues. rollups do not require the user to create invoices, nor do they require the use of a name service to maintain a persistent receiving address. rollups are possible on BTC today via ordinals. activating some new BIPs could make them even better.

rollups are not perfect. the market is lacking in rollups that have a permissionless architecture. until this is completed, only whitelisted actors can run the rollup nodes and pick transactions to commit to the mainnet. there are also very few rollups with a robust failure mechanism. only some rollups today enable you to access your money if the nodes fail. overcoming these challenges is probably easier to achieve than adding more bandaids onto a payment channel system.

bitcoin maxis need to accept that payment channels are not the right tool for every job. it's clearly not working for everybody because of the requirement to do onchain transactions in order to have self-custody. other avenues for expanding capacity need to be explored, whether they require new BIPs or not.