I haven't "given up" lol

I just know people don't want to manage channels and liquidity to spend money and I know it's not free or cheap when you obfuscate it to the end user to make it easier to onboard. We will find a way but if you want to be serious about self custody cheap Bitcoin txs for normies Lightning won't achieve that without the requirement to run a node yourself. I'm critical because I care, not because I've "given up". I make the comment specifically because I won't ever give up on bringing Bitcoin to the masses.