There's no second best... Just implement eltoo on LN and many issues will be solved.
Have you seen the proposal for LN hierarchical channels? It will enable channel factories with resizable liquidity without a soft-fork. There's an explanation here: https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/03/29/
IMO I'm not a fan of LN-symmetry (one of the main channel constructions proposed over eltoo) because it does away with the penalty transaction. I feel that the penalty transaction is a big part of LN's security; my channel partner won't risk publishing an outdated state even if I'm offline because there might be a watchtower or I could come back. Whereas with LN-symmetry my channel partner might opportunistically try, since they don't stand to lose anything (except some on-chain fees)
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That's point!
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