The lightening network has been live for a while but would need to get millions of Bitcoiners to use LN wallets and set that up. Its still going to be much easier just to use another Crypto with fast and low fees on chain. In 1 or 2 years it may have enough adoption to make a difference but for now its not very helpful. Segwit, that was went live in Aug. 2017 still only has less than 20% adoption. I am only trying to put things perspective. Don't take me wrong, I am not a Bitcoin hater but just disappointed with the way things went since 2015 for BTC development.
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Its only live on the testnet, not the main net. People might be using it on the main net but the developers are telling them not to because its still in alpha. Segwit is a great improvement that people are choosing not to implement out of ideologies. They dont really care because ultimately the cost is shifted to the user and they can complain and push agendas. There will still be a problem with lightning that would be getting people to adopt it, but I think ultimately in the long run businesses that dont will end up getting hurt. People arent going to use coinbase if another site charges nothing to send coins. That is the hope anyway