In recent times, when i send payments with Blink, the fees are incredibly high for lightning payments imo.
While guys like Saylor still talk about "transaction costs for fractions of a penny", Blink already charges me $2.50 when i want to send $500. Sure, thats "only" 0.5 percent - but imo that is still way too high. Is it only Blink who is overcharging their users like that?
To me it makes no sense to pay 0.5% transaction fees when i dont get a discount on a product. Sure the fees for Credit Card payments are higher - but that is already priced in.
So when buy something for $500 with lightning, i not only pay the Credit Card fees (as they are already priced in) but on top of that, 0.5% for the payment.
Can anybody tell me why i should use lightning for payments when i dont have advantages as a customer?
The other thing with Blink is that they change the amount you can spend however they please. First it was $2000 per day, now its $999 per day, just like that. I havent been asked or notified. This is the same shit we have with banks, somebody holding your money and dictating the rules on how to spend it.
What do you guys think, are you ok with not having control over your money - again?