yes. the fee its extreamly annoying . but if you smart trader you can use any tricks to cover it.
1. use altcoin as optional . in this case i prefer use ETH or BCH or LTC . its most Popular and Big Volume trade in market.
2. use Custom FEE . but i will take a long time to get confirmation in tx . i did fee $3 for send $80 . confirmation 1 after 2 week almost 3 weeks .
I agree you sir, by utilizing altcoin as the exchange rate between exchange may reduce the current huge fee if we do bitcoin trading. almost all exchanges apply a high enough fee for bitcoin trade. as friends said above maybe you can also compare fees from other exchange but for bitcoin I think its fee will be almost the same. compared to altcoin, ethereum and other fee bitcoin trade is greater.