What would happen to the world if all lightning stopped?

Imagine you have a weather-controlling device that you use to eliminate all lightning strikes. They're just too dangerous. What happens to the earth? Does lightning serve a necessary purpose to any ecosystems?

My naive conception of lightning is that it's basically a byproduct of weather, but does it serve a necessary purpose of equalizing electric charge, with no natural substitute? In this case, it seems like stopping all lightning strikes would be basically impossible without some kind of artificial superstructure to take over this role.

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