i recently discovered Bitrefill... i think it's only 0.5% spread which is best i've ever seen and no fee.

i get it that it feels weird buying giftcards-- however it works very well. in fact it's sometimes less problematic because the giftcard can be a printout or screenshot in case you don't have internet or sometimes Lightning wallets decide to freeze. --maybe it's just my old phone camera scanner doesn't like to work sometimes

and now i'm starting to think if Walmart/Amazaon etc starts realizing that Bitrefill is selling so many giftcards for bitcoiners, they might just do the same.

so maybe the giftcard route demonstrates demand that will drive merchants to just accept the bitcoin themselves...

plus giftcards can be bought with base layer bitcoin which is more fun to use than lightning.