ETH devs have failed to provide a solution for scaling in 5 years. They've simply failed and now they need to deal with more competent competitors. If ETH fees go to $1 tomorrow, they'd still have a very significant challenge.
ETH fees are more likely to decrease because people stop using it than ETH devs do something innovative for scaling.
Perhaps this is true but only in the case of defi,,, more people moving to other less expensive platforms but the big whales still know their LPs are doing well with volume. Hard fork for ETH happening soon, first Berlin and then London. ETH 2.0 is definitely coming and I think a lot of stakers are patiently waiting for this now.