I don't need to create friction. It already exists. I already run a node and working on my own LN node. It still doesn't detract from the benefits of Monero privacy by default and ease of achievement. The use cases for both are pretty solid. One is an immutable ledger that is transparent by default. The obfuscates by default without needing to jump through the hoops that BTC does. However, I do think that one day BTC will absorb Monero privacy into it. It's not right now and it's lagging behind compared to it

"fee grift" who's grifting? is it "grifting" when someone holding monero buys Bitcoin with it?

this is a reasonable perspective cheers ❤️ (really doubt we're going to see any mainchain improvements ever again tho)