That isn't scaling that is trying to remove information from the blocks.
Making the transactions weight less does mean scale.
Last I checked transaction fees were still $2.50 and currently bitcoin volume is very low.
Wanna re-check? At the moment it's $0.07 for high priority.
Dozens of blockchains have proven you can 10x + bitcoin's blocksize and have no issues whatsoever.
Give us examples. Which ones? And I'm sure I can find bunch weaknesses.
To me the only question is, how much pain is the community willing to tolerate before they finally scale?
Personally I'm fine with off-chain transactions as they happen instantly and almost for free. No tolerance from BlackHatCoiner.
Maybe when bitcoin falls to #2 people will reconsider things.
Why, again?