Switched to Albyhub two days ago and paid for incoming liquidity. Today my channel force closed because of the short lived fee spike, and I do not have access to any of my funds. Can't zap or be zapped.

Why did @Alby do this to me? If I wanted to run a lightning node I would just run one with my bitcoind as it's backend. Why would anyone use Albyhub, just to avoid running bitcoind? I don't get it.

If I can't have a custodial lightning solution then I can't zap. It's that simple. The overhead, risk, and lack of privacy in running a lightning node are not worth zaps, and I don't need lightning for anything else.