For the sake of debate. Don't you believe that those two, "profit as a canard", and "taking the competing part seriously" are contradictory?
yes, but that didn't stop you and DaveF lamenting the fact that profit is a canard up-thread, made more painful by clinging to the possibility that you could compete seriously
Don't drag me into this about profit.
I don't run any of my nodes expecting a profit.
I just pointed out the fact that since there is no profit to be made that people are not going to treat it like a business.
I pulled my funds from all my nodes without a thought because I wanted to spend the
BTC on something else. And since there is no real profit to me made, it was just easier for me to do that then pulling from cold storage.
bitrefill / ln.pizza / etc. they are businesses and run their LN nodes as such.
99% of everyone here is an enthusiast / hobbyist / tech nerd and run their nodes as such.
Case in point. As of now I am going to refill one of my nodes. On chain fees are above 50 sat/vB
Guess what, I am not going to start to refill till they drop a bit over the weekend.
A business can't play that game if they have to move on chain funds to open / close / do something else with a channel. They eat the fee and open it now.
-Dave