After reading this article I looked into the actual process[0] to run a validator node and in my opinion it's quite an involved process. You need dedicated hardware with a large hard drive (with good durability!) and an unmetered high speed internet connection. You need to run two services at what seems to be near-production quality and you need to use monitoring tools like Grafana to manage them. Oh and if you make a mistake like restoring a backup of the server incorrectly your stake will get slashed and your Eth gets destroyed.
Seems like an epic pain in the ass for a 4.1% yield (not to mention the capital required to stake).
Seems like an epic pain in the ass for a 4.1% yield (not to mention the capital required to stake).
[0] https://ethereum.org/en/run-a-node/