Also, Phoenix closed the channel not me

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So they promissed not go close it for a year, but did anyway because of the conflict between two instances? Makes sense to be a bit upset 😅.

But I still wonder why you need so much inbound liqudity.

It would make sense only if you are a routing node (which you are not with Phoenix) or if you are a merchant with relatively large volumes of money.

When you send, you automatically get inbound liquidity

I send a lot, so I received a lot

Right, because you use your onchain bitcoin to create the channel, and then send it through the channel somewhere. At that moment the balance of the channel shifts to your channel partner (Phoenix). The it sits there locked untill the channel closes. From their point of view, they have locked a large sum of bitcoin, waiting there for you to receive. But you never do, I assume. It sits there for nothing.

it makes no sense to have large inbound liquidity unless you are planning to use it

If I want to receive a lot, I need to send a lot

It's how lightning works