If we don't start seeing real world DAP adoption and growth in legit crypto-payments soon - this all comes crashing down. My gut tells me the market will wait 4-8 months at best.
LN is here. Watch it grow!
Bitpay's switch to the payment protocol interface sucks, but it's workable enough and hackable if you know how to run a script. For everyone else, it's easier to use, so that's good in the long run.
If you're expecting to go to Target or Walmart and see adoption before you declare it good, I don't know what to say. But cryptocurrency purchasing is rising on the Internet, and if the Lightning Network does half as much as they want to, then it's in really good shape.
Do you cover the transaction fee or does Newegg?
Some sites cover the tx fees or offer discounts, which are effectively the same thing, however.