When ETH reached another high of above $1,600 last Feb. 4, the growing price has been steadily driving transaction costs higher too, but it was started in early January 2021 when Ethereum broke its previous record of above $1,400. The latest spike in gas fees has had a massive impact on a number of decentralized finance projects, with some DeFi transaction fees surging above $1,000 which is kinda crazy 
Also the fees on major decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and SushiSwap surged to abnormal levels of between $40 and $75. I transferred my ETH temporarily on CEX and trade it there, so far the gas fee is lesser compared to others I've tried.
The fact is that even at around 30-50 bucks transaction fee (or even 80 bucks network free for swapping) people are still doing it, that is the reason why the price goes up. There is nobody guilty here, there is nobody "charging you" 80 dollars fee, ETH is not doing it, miners are not doing it, nobody does this but the people who use it. ETH price went super high, and it is still a very much wanted asset which is the reason why we are in this situation right now, there is no doubt about the fact that people do invest into ethereum and that is why price goes up but there are also a lot of people who ended up spending insane amount of money for bitcoin as well, it is really not a smart move at all. Also the fees on major decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and SushiSwap surged to abnormal levels of between $40 and $75. I transferred my ETH temporarily on CEX and trade it there, so far the gas fee is lesser compared to others I've tried.I personally feel like there if people stop paying this much, if everyone comes to an agreement together and not spend more than 5 bucks ever, the price will fall, we just need to organize for it instead of accepting to pay this much.