Except that this is a protocol, not a product. And there are multiple teams building implementations. HTTP 1.0 didn't have some pretty fundamental features like

Except that this is a protocol, not a product. And there are multiple teams building implementations. HTTP 1.0 didn't have some pretty fundamental features like keep-alive. But regardless of whether or not LN even ever works well, there will be something that does. Maybe not bitcoin, but a lot of smart people are trying a lot of different things. Just cause pong sucked doesn't mean there can't be great games.