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Strike does have an API that can automate this process... I have personally set up the exchange workflow that I described above using BTCPay, BTCtransmuter, and Kraken. It is how it works for some lol. Merchants do have to pay exchange fees if they would like to escape BTC volatility by exchanging to a stablecoin when a payment is received. Kraken allows Lightning deposits, so there is no longer a fee to replenish the merchant's BTC balance. Exchange fees on Kraken are pretty low, much lower than 3%+$0.30 that Visa and Mastercard charge, so we've got that going for us haha. It is always free for the merchant to receive and hodl. It is important to remember that this is all very new technology. Taro protocol will eventually simplify things even more, but it is even newer than the Lightning Network. Best part is that it is FOSS, so you can work to improve all of these deficiencies that you're pointing out!