There are still cheap transactions but they are very unsecure. You can't know whether this transactions will be ever confirmed or not. It's the best to use wallet where you can control the fee or where the acceptable fees are suggested. I guess this new fees are the price we have to pay for using Bitcoins.
Correct, and also expect that if you are only going to pay small transaction fees, means your transaction speed won't be that fast compare to the transactions which do have higher transaction fees. But if you do really need to transfer some bitcoin right away, then I suggest you to pay high transaction fee, and just like what @bitbunny said, to also have secure transaction.
