Discussion
Certainly not a subject matter expert here, nor do I have the time to try and become one. I've seen ST's anti-monero tirade from a far and can make one or two fairly big assumptions.
1. It's likely much more nuanced than either side claims.
2. Using self custodial LN privately is a much higher barrier to entry
> Using self custodial LN privately is a much higher barrier to entry
Of the four UX hurdles I outline on this page (https://moneroleaks.xyz/), monero has all 4 of them and lightning only has 1, which is this: lightning users also commonly reuse the LN-equivalent of a monero address, namely, they commonly reuse the same pubkey in all of their invoices. Not to downplay that problem, but if you just go by the hurdles I mention on that page, lightning fixes 3 out of 4 of them and monero fixes none of them.
Four of the UX hurdles you mentioned for Monero are either misleading (IP leaks - a network level privacy issue that applies to anything using the internet including Lightning), a stretch (claiming "many" monero wallets share viewkeys - vast majority do not), and optional (address reuse and contact lists - every wallet I know of lets you label addresses and automatically cycles through subaddresses to prevent address reuse)
my bad, got you mixed up with Seth on monero 🤦🏽♂️