I am not terribly surprised node-running is suffering. Do you know somewhere to see the actual numbers of reachable nodes, preferably with a graph over time? #asknostr might, if you don't. I feel like one of the few who wants to be a full participant in the network, running my own node that I use for both my on-chain and lightning transacting, as well as for creating my own block templates for my miners to hash. But I also know that I really can't expect that level of head-first dive into all things #Bitcoin from most of my friends and family. Hence why I am glad tools like Alby Hub exist so I can easily host my family members' lightning wallets for them.