BOLT12 must be also supported into LND and other LN implementations. There was posted here a transcript of LN devs meeting back in June I think. They were talking also about how will be the roadmap for bolt12. TLDR: Will take longer thena we think.

In regards: recurring payments: is not so important right now. There are many other very important aspects of LN to be fixes/improved. Users still struggling to understand how LN works and you already want subscriptions...