> could send payments to non-SN destinations

Definitely, yes! the channel will route payments, in and out, from and to other nodes, not only to SN node.

supratic

A question: if the channel is private, does it still serve as a routing node for payments that I originate, so I could send payments to non-SN destinations?  Or private means that sats can only flow between my node and the SN node?

lightning

How to open a Private Channel to SN using TH or RTL apps in your Lightning node

Fantastic, thank you!

A question: if the channel is private, does it still serve as a routing node for payments that I originate, so I could send payments to non-SN destinations?  Or private means that sats can only flow between my node and the SN node?