But oh well, maybe it picks up when more and more ppl use lightning
Instead of running a node to earn from, you can use it for your own payments.
I haven't installed a LN node yet, light wallets work fine for me.
I'll run it just to see how it work and the process behind it. as for my own payments, i don't do many of them, so few $ a month in transactions is ok for me at this point