I would like to open a channel to Alby. But at 0.5 BTC it's more than I can afford. The reason I want to is so I can start lacing together a payment network for 'Value for Value" as my podcast (Bitcoin And . . . ) relies on large boosts. My old node just never had enough oomph to allow 100,000 sat boosts to come through. I think having channels between Alby, Podcast Index, Fountain, and Wavlake might be a good starting point for a robust #V4V routing/payment network (I reserve the right to be completely wrong about this).

It might be advantageous to me to pay a fee to you to provide a payment channel between my node and Alby's. Probably not possible but I think it's an interesting idea.