I don't think they're evil, I don't think these businesses have malicious intent but the capacity to be malicious remains and the regulatory risk involved remains, for small balances sure, what's the point of having a node to receive 21 sats zaps? Your sunk cost is more than you'll ever use?

I agree with the whole disingenuous aspect of using custodial services to punt Bitcoin's network, like LN isn't cheap, you need a node, you need to understand the technical aspects, and manage operational cost of rebalancing, and staying online.

If you're a business it shouldn't be too much of an issue but for an individual, id say unless you're doing $500 worth of Bitcoin purchases per month whats the point of using non-custodial LN?

It's okay to rebalance now with on-chain because the fees are low, but if we get to a place where 100-200 sat per vbyte hangs around for a long time, rebalancing through a Liquid or RSK has to be entertained at some point, no?

Theres no ark, channel factories etc, yet, so the toolkit is there, again use if you understand the risks