What Breez and Phoenix and Blitz do is markedly different from what Zeus and Blixt do. Can you consider Breez and the like to be nodes? Sure. But they're not full nodes with the ability for the user to open and close channels manually, or obtain inbound from the LSP of your choice. What Breez and Phoenix and Blitz do is more like an automated pseudo-node that operates in the background without user intervention.
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They are all nodes and will all work fine for what he’s wanting to do. Each offers differing levels of control over the underlying node in the UI, but each is indeed a node.
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The entire point of my original note was pointing out the differences between Breez, and Phoenix, and Zeus and Blixt. And everything I said in that regard is absolutely correct. If your only point is that Breez and Phoenix also run nodes, then fine. As I said, you can call them nodes if you want. I consider them pseudo-nodes. The point you're making is irrelevant to what I've said. Your point is a matter of semantics.