Fees after halving were ridiculous! I've been so used to send transactions with a 1 sat fee that my transaction got stuck in mempool for 10 days! 
not to mention having to pay like $3 fee for a $5 transaction. That's why ETH has gained so much momentum lately.
not to mention having to pay like $3 fee for a $5 transaction. That's why ETH has gained so much momentum lately. I've sent more than 1000$ for less than 10 cents fee just because I've waited a cool down period. Of course, this is not always possible.
Also the fees are not related to the value you are transacting, so the 5$ and 1000$ figures are useless.
And also Ethereum network is pretty much crowded too lately and I fear that if the trend continues sooner or later you'll face the same issues on ETH.
It's a matter of when the network is crowded and when you pay less fee, your transaction will likely delay for more than an hour or worse in a day. I already experience such as this when I tried to send fewer transaction fees when the network was crowded, it's the time when the BTC price was rising and it feels like everyone us trading BTC. I thought I won't gonna make it that day cause it delayed too long that I expected.