It is weekend now and fees are much lower than usual, so I believe you can send Bitcoin transaction with fees under 13 sat/vB (or under $1 currently) and save on fees if you use native segwit and reduce inputs/outputs.
Developers are working on second layer solutions but scaling is not as easy as people may think and I don't think we are going to see this on Bitcoin mainnet any time soon.
Either way, scaling takes far too long. I'm now using shitForks for some small payments. I'd love to use Bitcoin for it, but it's not possible.
I never thought I would see this coming from LoyceV, but that is the truth, I am doing the same thing, and we are all guilty as charged for that because nobody likes wasting money on fees.