Degen

Christine from the infinite jungle podcast (Galaxy) keeps having really distorted ideas as to the economics of solo staking. Let me give a breakdown: 
Capital cost - while this is by far the biggest obstacle for new Ethereians, many that have been here for a while have more than that in long-term storage. If you believe in the vision, why wouldn't you get rewarded for securing Ethereum? 
Network connection - until blobs, even ~15Mb/s was enough. Now you need ~50-75Mb/s. Not universally available, but I'd say most Ethereians have access to it. Cost - free. You'd pay for it regardless of staking.
Hardware cost - 400$ or an old computer. Literally any old computer will do. Maybe 120$ for a new SSD.
"Solo stakers don't perform as well as professionals" - from the network perspective, the differences are so small that you can't see them on an individual staker basis. From an economic perspective, solo stakers significantly outperform all LSTs. First, they don't pay the LST fees (>10%). Next, they got airdrops.1/2

Some, like Starknet, were huge. They also got first-class access with preferences to opportunities, like eigenlayer gave native stakers, and lido gives now.Technical difficulty - with modern GUI solutions - easy. But even without, it's still just following instructions on a guide. 10X easier than installing cuda drivers.