Perhaps density can get refresh pricing down, but users are still bearing an ongoing cost for idle coins. Ark/Spark exist to affinity scam as Lightning wallets, so people can receive without a node/channel liquidity. Their product market fit is receiving via Lightning swap. You could use an on-chain onboarding, but that's also pointless, because if you're already on-chain you don't need a coordinator.

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Analogue Dog 2 weeks ago
I agree with your view on Spark. The second.tech Ark implementation looks to me like a very honourable attempt to improve UX by removing onboarding friction in a covenantless reality.