Oh damn you’re missing out. I use lighting constantly.

Use Fold, Bitrefill, and Bitcoin Co, and refill Lightning from strike or CashApp and you can get discounts/sats back by using Lightning + gift cards. I’ve managed to use it for tons of places I regularly shop at. Especially if you have to “sell” bitcoin in the short term to pay for something or keep things running, don’t pay sell fees, do as much shopping/purchasing as you can directly with BTC and you’ll get discounts instead of fees.