Running a routing node doesn't make sense for an individual. Even at 1 sat/vbyte it was impossible for me to break even after I had a few force closures. Routing benefits greatly from economies of scale, and most individuals do not have enough capital to compete.

Also currently the lightning network is underutilized and has the potential to grow massively. As it grows every channel will be able to provide more value to the network and thereby its operators.

It's still in a bit of a bootstrap phase since there aren't a lot of places to actually spend sats with lightning yet. Once there's a higher level of adoption and we can start buying coffee or whatever irl with lightning we are going to see an explosion in capacity and the entire landscape will change.