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 Lightning didn't failed and it does work but it is still in beta. That said
Lightning self sovereignity is not for everyday user and that way most users are exposed to some custodian which is against Bitcoin cyberpunk movement. Be your own Bank etc. 

It is also true, if there were no custodials, Bitcoin would not seen such adoption as we are witnessing rn.  
 Yep. Many tradeoffs at this stage of development.