Odds are you are a bitcoin larper....and sadly when it comes to Lightning we are all bitcoin larpers.

We pretend to care about the fundamentals of bitcoin, but 99% of us only use it in a permission-ed and custodial way (Alby, Wallet of Satoshi, Phoenix, etc)

AQUA - while not as good a true self-sovereignty - is better than most of the single custodian solutions.

I mean if you think fedimints are a good idea, there is no philosophical differences to L-BTC.