I think the inflationary issue was always going to come out with the idea of staking. I'm not sure they meant to let people stake below the 33 ETH or whatever the initial point was set at but I reckon that's caused some issues.
Everyone can join a pool and stake less than 33 ETH so that the pool will fulfill the required 33 from the participation of other stakers. I wouldn't stake my few remaining ETH on it because the returns are even lower. I might just rely on the value appreciation of it if ever it goes up. But, that anticipation that I am waiting to see that it might pump is taking forever.
The 8% return is far higher than you can get anywhere else (especially at the moment).
If you're able to find that 8% tell me so I can stake because with what I am seeing, the return is very low and ranges from 2% to 5%. 5% to be the highest.