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 Thanks, that's what I figured. I guess it probably works well enough if you just want to use lightning without a lot of insight into what is happening in the background. 
 There are non-custodial wallets that automate channel management for you like Phoenix. It won't bother you with any questions about channels etc, it just assumes you know nothing about channels and does everything in the background automatically. It will deduct the channel opening fees from your balance.

There's also wallets like Zeus that are non-custodial and semi-automatic. Basically, you can choose to use an automated liquidity service provider, or manage the channels yourself.  You only need a very basic understanding of channels to use the LSP. However, you'll also have the option of full manual control over channels if you want to.