do you mind sharing the link to the other person with this issue?
Sure. I will send you a private message in a moment.
the only reason i came to lightning is to save on fees and now i will have to pay a much higher amount than on any on-chain transaction
first and last time i'm using lightning.
Electrum might not have been the best choice for the first time, but you also got extremely unlucky with the suggested peer. If you had opened a channel to a different node, I am quite sure that you would have had a much better experience. I would suggest you either
BlueWallet or
Phoenix Wallet.
If you decide to close the channel, I would appreciate if you could let us know here how much you ended up paying. I hope that the cooperative close will result in significantly lower fees.