I don't know why you would downplay the resignation of manor contributors to s project especially when they go with such remarks.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5471172.0We had discussed this here and maybe you missed the discussion.
Lightning network has no downtime because they have invented the unique feature of decentralised downtime. The loose sense of a network remains but it's realistically very possible for the channels that power your transactions to all be down.
A very flawed system nonetheless.
The proposed solutions aren't better either.
We should avoid forking bitcoin at all costs. Let alone for favouring such a flawed system.
On chain scaling is simpler and we already have the finality and trustlessnes issues resolved.