yes that is a ridiculously high fee
I agree ..what is the point with such high fees.
I dont mind the fee that us being charged for every transaction, although I know it used to be free back in those good days, but now its not. The only concern I have is that newbies are not getting the opportunity to experience free transaction as we did back in the good old days.
In old days, bitcoins were not this much expensive as they are now and not many people were using it. It was like the limited supply was more than enough for the users at that time. Even bitcoins were available free of cost but with time bitcoins grew in price and its demand increased tremendously, so does the charges and it is very fair now.