The message your title is trying to pass to the community is that “Bitcoin is meant for the rich, and those that can afford to pay a high fee, and if you don’t have the resources don’t use bitcoin”.
most Bitcoin old term holder are not complaining because they already have experience of how the Bitcoin networks work per time, and if they want to make a transaction they rather just pay high fees and move on rather than paying low fees with long time of waiting
They didn’t complain openly does not mean that they are happy with it. I don’t think there’s anyone here in the forum that is willing to just go and spend 50x of what they usually spend and still be happy with it, even if they can afford it.