...okay well not quite. I have 150,000 satoshi left that I can't spend because of your ridiculous network fees.
Oops... just sent it without a fee LOL. That should add to your mempool.
Does anyne else see the contradiction here? As I said elsewhere, it's the users who set the fees.
Yes, you are right. This is users who are setting the fees. But it doesn't mean that any one can set the fee at any price. Your transcations won't be confirmed and sometimes you need your transaction to be confirmed very soon.
And if you mean miners by users, again you are right. Miners determines the fees. But we cannot ask them to decrease the fees.