One can open a 0.01BTC channel but this is not a very efficient way of using LN. For dollar cost averaging it is just better to use a custodian wallet like <stacker.news> but with increasing adoption and recognition of Bitcoin such havens as SN may be soon clamped down on heavily and / or regulated out of existence. 
BTC is great for spending. not so much for receiving without a custodian.

You dont have to open a 16M LN channel. You can open a 100k channel if you like. Maybe 1M is a better idea, but anyway.

megaptera

> is a shitcoin.
> You play with shit... you smell like shit.

Pecunia non olet.

is a shitcoin.
You play with shit... you smell like shit.

DarthCoin

Monero maybe a shitcoin but at least it is not a scamcoin like ETH, ADA and what not... And it is a more secure coin than USDT, though not so stable. One has to save in something until they get their 0.16 BTC for opening their first lightning channel.