Network incentives after The Merge

Hi guys

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I couldn't find anywhere an answer for this, so help me out.

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As we know, The Merge is coming and Ethereum will become a PoS blockchain. Besides that, the issuance of new ETH is decreasing and, alongside with the burning mechanism, Ether will be a deflationary crypto soon.

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That said, I'd like to know what are going to be the advantages of maintaining infrastructure to be a ETH PoS Validator, because from the top of my head, with that information, I can only think that it would be a lot less money than the miners do. Of course I know hardware requirements would be very different (and cheaper). But why wouldn't a miner just migrate his gear to, say, ETC?

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I guess my whole point is: With Ethereum becoming deflationary, lowering fees and all, what should a potential validator expect from joining the network?