pseudourinidine on Nostr: In the west, that's probably true - and they'd need another reason, like ideology. ...

In the west, that's probably true - and they'd need another reason, like ideology. But it's still happening - eg see lugano - and that just means they are Our People, you can go along and meet your family..

But in other parts of the world modern payments are very problematic and have much greater costs. In this case it is perfectly possible that what seems to be true, is true: lightning is cheaper for them.