Do you even realize that the long term outcome of Lightning (the Holy Graal of Core folks) would be to massively reduce the amount of transaction fees versus an on-chain scaling?
Wait, what?
Core is simultaneously accused that they want "higher fees" or "fee competition" and now accused for "wanting to massively reduce fees with lightning".
Please decide what core wants.
You know those car dealerships that jack up the price before giving you a discount? Blockstream is selling something that would have no value if Core did their jobs. Wait, what? They're the same people? OHHHhhhh.