I don't know who said it, maybe #[2] "Bitcoin is different things to different people".
Bitcoin doesn't care, it just produces blocks roughly 10 minutes.
I don't like monkey jpegs on the timechain, but I can do nothing about it.
I self-custody my on-chain coins, I run a node.
I still don't run my own lightning node (planning to set it up with btc pay server this year).
Am I less Bitcoiner?
I have an alby lightning wallet for zaps with few sats in there.
I'm using non-custodial wallet Phoenix, too.
I plan to tinker with blixt.
Everybody can use Bitcoin as they want.
You can improve your setup gradually.
Education is the key.