The real competition is the thousand altcoins that offer cheaper fees if the mining community has its way.
Do you not realize that the huge increase in fees we're seeing is entirely because of the 1MB blocksize? When blocks weren't full you could get away with zero fee.
BU wants to RAISE the blocksize.
Core are the ones who have refused to raise it for the very purpose of making money with fees...It was their business model the whole time...they even admit that tacitly now on their home page.
please wake up.