Most people are not aware of LN, not aware of how LN functions and how can they use it, benefits and so on.
Most people probably have encountered the Lightening Network, it just isn't something that they know the benefits of, and the cons of the technology. I think its current status could probably be categorized into "buzzword" rather than anything that's understand universally.
The ease of use, and documentation needs to be greatly improved for it to be adopted on a larger scale. Its too complicated of a technology to be adopted otherwise.
Am I the only one who doesn't worry about the LN anymore? Bitcoin is succeeding as a store of value, if the LN is implemented and works, fine, but it seems to me that the institutions that are buying in mass are doing it as a store of value.
According to Gresham's law, people prefer to keep valuable currency, which is a store of value, and not use it for payments.
If bitcoin ends up succeeding in becoming the best reserve of value in the world, I don't care if people don't use it for small payments, which was Satoshi's original idea, but an idea often goes beyond what its creator conceived.
That's where your opinion might differ to others though. A lot of people are on the same page of Satoshi, that Bitcoin will be used a general alternative to fiat currencies, and isn't just used as a reserve currency. Its an ambitious thought, but personally I would agree to some extent. The current traditional money systems are not suitable for the long term, that is clear. However, I'm not entirely convinced Bitcoin is the solution either. Although, that's not saying I don't support Bitcoin, I think Bitcoin is the pioneer we needed to encourage people to think outside of the box, and while it might not be THE solution, it might be the one that started the process.