Projection again there. You're the one making the thread more complicated, not me.

I already asked how you are supposed to do this, and you keep hinting at answers instead of answering.

I've asked how anyone self-custodies lightning. You haven't answered.

You've implied the key would be handling channel closures without fees, or avoiding channel closures without fees, or pretending fees don't matter. I've asked how handling channel closures or avoiding channel closures can be ensured without fees, but you haven't answered, and you've continued hinting that the answer is to pretend fees don't matter.

This isn't me making the conversation more complicated. The conversation could have been simple if you answered my questions, or admitted when you don't have answers for them.