This talk of "fixing the protocol" sounds very much like 2017. I remember the forks that happened then that apparently "fixed the protocol" but wasn't very popular was it.
As I've said numerous times this will only encourage the usage of L2 which until now didn't have much reason for existence, fortunately now they do. Eventually the likes of BRC20 will end up on L2 as well, so only necessary payments will be on the settlement layer. Also kinda bored of people describing this as an attack on Bitcoin when people are using the protocol in the correct manner (following the rules).
Sure I'm waiting to make a transaction myself, but when I started using Bitcoin I knew what I was getting into: an experimental technology. Welcome to the experiment, please try to embrace it.
Only real comparison is SatoshiDice and the evolution it caused. This too will cause evolution, if the protocol doesn't evolve...... L2 is at best a stopgap measure or it leaves the protocol open to more of the same at a later date.