Ah, I see. I didn't mean that you could literally buy a Slurpee with BTC on your watch today. It was just a hypothetical example for how it could work in the future.
There aren't many use cases for the "average Joe" for now. It's still the early days and not many merchants support it. So if you aren't particularly interested in the technology/philosophy nor have a use case for it, there's probably no compelling reason for you to use it. Right now, it is of most utility to unbanked/underbanked people, for remittances, and p2p payments. It is also used for payments by merchants but only in some niches (e.g. online porn, gambling, cannabis industry, etc.).
Of course, it's also appealing to speculators who believe in its long-term potential. They are probably the largest class of Bitcoin holders, but Lightning doesn't really target that use case.
Yeah, a metaphorical "early days". What I meant was that adoption level is still relatively low and there are still many infrastructure components and services that are lacking or incomplete.
There aren't many use cases for the "average Joe" for now. It's still the early days and not many merchants support it. So if you aren't particularly interested in the technology/philosophy nor have a use case for it, there's probably no compelling reason for you to use it. Right now, it is of most utility to unbanked/underbanked people, for remittances, and p2p payments. It is also used for payments by merchants but only in some niches (e.g. online porn, gambling, cannabis industry, etc.).
Of course, it's also appealing to speculators who believe in its long-term potential. They are probably the largest class of Bitcoin holders, but Lightning doesn't really target that use case.