Am I the only one realizing that ~$1 fee to make a transaction is absolutely insane and defeats one of the core benefits of using bitcoin for daily transactions.
This is getting insane and is completely uncalled for, or am I wrong?
What you said is absolutely wrong. The $ 0.85 transaction fee is not large and is perfectly reasonable. Nothing is free while you also make money from Bitcoin so why are you asking for free? You should learn to accept, let go to get back
Bitcoin shouldn't be a "money making" machine. people don't want this sort of volatile currencies when holding large amount of money, especially if they hold amounts they cannot afford to lose. when bitcoin becomes less volatile, mainstream people will start to consider it as an option.